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Avoiding Mistakes Through Financial Literacy Education
When you see a lawyer with regulatory experience dedicating a long-term career to educating investors, it's worth paying attention.
Gerri Walsh has been at the forefront of financial literacy education for nearly 30 years.
She led FINRA's Investor Education Foundation as president and served as senior vice president of FIN ... (full story)
Walmart breaks its no-frills mold with in-store beauty experts and personalized advice
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart customers may find something new the next time they're looking for makeup and skin care products: in-store advisers offering personalized tips and recommendations.
The massive retail chain is breaking out of its no-frills service model by staffing its beauty aisles with trained specialists who can s ... (full story)
Local
Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time April 30 will be good for the country.
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board rejected Union Pacific's initial application because regulators wanted more det ... (full story)
Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Lyndon B. Johnson knew the legislation he was about to sign was momentous, one that took courage for certain members of Congress to pass since the vote could cost them their seats.
To honor that, he took the unusual step of leaving the Oval Office and going to Capitol Hill for the signing ceremo ... (full story)
February Ohio Bar Exam Results Announced
The Supreme Court of Ohio released the results from the February 2026 Ohio Bar Examination on April 24. A total of 338 aspiring attorneys took the exam, and 143 – or 42% – passed. Of the 116 examinees who took the exam for the first time, 71 (61%) received a passing score. The successful examinees represent 38 Ohio count ... (full story)
Court may not retroactively rewrite Statute to apply to same-sex couple’s parental tights dispute
An Ohio appeals court exceeded its authority when it ordered a trial court to determine if a same-sex couple “would have been married” if same-sex marriage had been legal in Ohio during the couple’s relationship, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled April 28.
The decision arose out of a custody dispute between two w ... (full story)
State
Oakland attributes a 6-decade low in homicides, in part, to life coaches
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Young men at risk of succumbing to gang violence slump over tables in an Oakland church. With them are prosecutors, clergy and survivors of shootings determined to show them they have more to look forward to than incarceration, injury or death.
The message is not one of punishment but of unceasing su ... (full story)
Exonerees struggle to rebuild their lives and gain lasting employment, even if elected to office
HOUSTON (AP) — Richard Miles set out to find a job after his release from a Texas prison in 2009 with a collection of newspaper clippings about his wrongful murder conviction as his resume. No one would hire him, including warehouses and fast-food restaurants.
It was a period of painful rejection that is familiar to exoner ... (full story)
EPA, conservation groups: Wyoming’s ‘impaired’ water protocols run afoul of the Clean Water Act
Federal environmental regulators and water quality advocates want the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to rectify a policy restricting who can submit water samples used to decide whether waters are too polluted and below Clean Water Act standards.
Currently, Wyoming only accepts water samples collected by the state an ... (full story)