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Law professors specializing in ethics can't determine why a local judge decided to hide the identity of an official who tried to influence a case. ....
Judge Stephanie Mingo recused herself, citing the Judicial Rules of Conduct, after Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther called her personal cell phone and told her to close a troubled Greyhound bus station. ....
New policy expands paid family leave for Franklin County employees The Franklin County commissioners expand a new policy to ensure all county employees receive paid family leave, a major step toward increases in gender and racial equity. The new policy is an extension of the commissioners Paid Family and Medical Leave put in place last year. The expansion went into effect at the beginning of the year and allows county workers to take up to eight weeks of paid leave for events such as childbirth, adoption, care for seriously ill family members, quarantine and for treatment due to COVID-19. The previous policy, made permanent in 2020, was limited to two weeks per year and was required to be taken all at once, as opposed to intermittent use for caregiving purposes. Commission spokeswoman Jodi Andes said the policy s expansion provides more flexibility for the county s nearly 1,400 employees. ....