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Q. What are "PBCs"? -- T.N., Greenville, South Carolina
A. First launched in 2010, Public Benefit Corporations are a type of business that aims to balance the interests of shareholders with those of employees, customers and communities, often including the environment as well. They're a bit like nonprofits, but they're ... (full story)

Tiny patients, big fight: NICU parents win leave in 2 states and push for more

NEW YORK (AP) — As his daughter Olivia was born, Marlon White felt his wife's hand slacken as she fainted. The baby, born at 29 weeks and weighing about 2 pounds, wasn't making a sound as she was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit. Terrified, he waited in the hall while the doctors stabilized his newborn and wife.
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Local

High Schools Showcase Legal Skills During OCLRE Moot Court Competition

Out of 10 competing schools, Talawanda High School in Butler County was named this year’s Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE) Moot Court champion.
The competition took place at the Supreme Court of Ohio, where Justice Patrick F. Fischer served as one of the judges.
Students played the roles of appellate attor ... (full story)

Justice’s Law Review Article Proposes Reconsidering Judicial Age Limits

Ohioans might be open to increasing the 70-year age limit for judges to run for office, but only by a few more years, and as long as the judges leave the bench when they reach their 80s, according to research conducted by Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Patrick F. Fischer.
Justice Fischer recently authored “In Ohio, How Old ... (full story)

State

Hawaii’s worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market

WAIALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a tangle where his lemongrass, cucumber and okra once flourished.
His niece, Jeni Balanay, lost her crops too — a mustardy green called choy sum, bitter melon, tomato. The l ... (full story)

As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits, as governors, attorneys general and others protesting rising electricity bills say cash-strapped residents are stuck in a broken system.
Officials and lawmakers in at least six states — including ... (full story)

Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it

CANNES, France (AP) — The day John Lennon was shot, on Dec. 8, 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York's Dakota Apartments.
They were promoting their new album “Double Fantasy,” but the two-hour conversation was wide ranging. Though the interviewers had ... (full story)