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Judge throws out citizenship voting rule
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a first-of-its-kind voting rule that required naturalized citizens in Ohio to provide proof of their citizenship if challenged by a poll worker.
Source: Seattle Pi, October 4, 2006
Some parents upset over sex booklet in schools
An informational booklet that describes the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases and contains phone numbers for Planned Parenthood and confidential reproductive health services has raised protests after it was placed in students’ lockers throughout the district.
Source: cleveland.com, November 10, 2005
Fingerprint scanner to ID school children
Students in an Ohio public school district will be fingerprinted to identify them in lunch lines, raising privacy concerns among parents.
Source: WorldNetDaily, May 28, 2003
Ohio Police Avoid Liability
In 1985 the Ohio General Assembly adopted an immunity law that stated police officers would have "full immunity when they are responding to dangerous, urgent or emergency calls, even when an officer is negligent." Since that time, the Columbus police department has avoided liability in cases in which it is questionable that the officers were on "urgent or emergency" calls.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch (online), "Badge of Immunity", July 17, 1997
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