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Rural schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money
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SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When the funding for Shannon Johnson's job as a school mental health counselor came to an abrupt end, two years into a five-year grant, she thought about the work left to be done.
Johnson taught elementary and middle-school students in rural Kentucky how to navigate conflict, build resilience and ma ... (full story)
ABA report finds AI is rapidly impacting the legal profession
Once the subject of debate, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly being integrated into the legal profession, impacting the way many tasks are carried out.
In fact, as attorney and journalist Bob Ambrogi discusses in a Dec. 16 post on LawSites (https://www.lawnext.com/2025/12/aba-task-force-ai-has-moved-from-experi ... (full story)
How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes and a housing shortage?
418 Rochelle Street looks like an ordinary row house at first glance. Backed against a hillside in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Knoxville, its porch is messy, but that's hardly unusual.
A reporter walked up the front steps one windy day this November to take a closer look, peered through the front window and saw something that ... (full story)
What are gas stove manufacturers trying to hide? Warning labels
(THE CONVERSATION) Colorado passed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring warning labels on gas stoves in June 2025. These warnings are similar to what is required by cigarette labeling laws.
The required labels urge consumers to educate themselves about the air quality implications of indoor gas stoves and direct consumers t ... (full story)
Aggravated vehicular assault conviction upheld for driver who injured trooper
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently affirmed the conviction of a Lorain County man who injured a state trooper directing traffic while he was driving under the influence of marijuana.
In a 6-1 decision, the Court held that Edward Balmert's hitting a state trooper, identified as “C.G.,” while she was directing traffic, ... (full story)