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Madeira Beverage owner Roop Chand Gupta, 68, was gunned down in February 2021

View Comments Former Hamilton County judge Tracie Hunter could have nearly $17,000 in court costs refunded to her, after a recent state appeals court ruling. As part of her sentence two years ago, Hunter was ordered to pay $34,000 in costs – an amount her attorneys called excessive and unreasonable. Much of that money was for transcripts ordered by the special prosecutors who handled the case. Court records put the total cost of the transcripts at $22,415. In a July 16 opinion, Ohio's 1st District Court of Appeals questioned whether the entire amount was justified. The appeals court uph...

Opinion: GOP uses cronyism to ignore the will of voters Kathleen Brinkman View Comments Across the country last year, voters voted out incumbent Republican office holders from Donald Trump on down. By voting them out, we rejected the corrupt, self-interested ways in which they governed along with their do-nothing policies. Instead of learning lessons from these losses, GOP leaders nationwide have doubled down, determined to turn the tables and teach the voters a lesson by thwarting their will on a massive scale. In state after state, now including Ohio, Republican-led legislatures are trying ...