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LEXINGTON TWP. Construction of a traffic roundabout at Edison Street and McCallum Avenue NE is to begin this spring. The Ohio Department of Transportation is accepting bids for the work and expects to award a contract next month. The agency's timeline calls for construction to start May 1, with a completion date of Oct. 30. The overall price of the project is estimated at $2.7 million, with $2.2 million of that for construction costs. Ray Marsch, a spokesman for ODOT District 4 which includes Stark County, said the roundabout should reduce the number of traffic accidents in the area. He sa...

CANTON  A new hospital transparency rule was supposed to make it easier for patients to find prices for common surgeries and procedures — but the task is still practically brain surgery. More than a year ago, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized policies for its most recent piece of transparency regulations, which took effect on Jan.1. It requires every hospital in the U.S. — there are 6,090, according to the American Hospital Association — to provide "clear, accessible pricing information online" in two ways: A machine-readable file with all items and serv...

The order directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to come up with the regulations. Using the premise that transparency encourages choice and competition, the goal was to enable patients to become more active consumers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which already has regulatory authority over hospitals, placed the new rules into effect on Jan. 1. Those rules require hospitals to make public their standard charges for at least 300 “shoppable services” (70 specified by the agency and 230 others chosen by the hospital). Generally, the list is to include the type...

Canton native Kimberlé W. Crenshaw was presented a Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award for Lifetime Achievement. The honor came last week from the American Association of Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education. It was presented during the group's annual meeting — this year's theme was "The Power of Words." Ginsburg was a U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1993 until her death last year at age 87. The award is given annually to someone whose career has spanned at least 20 years. "The recipient should be someone who has impacted women, the legal community, the academy, and the issues that ...

Two area bars were cited by state agents, accused of violating COVID-19 pandemic rules. The Musical Inn, at 3941 Navarre Road SW, in Canton Township, and D Kay's Bar and Grill, at 2959 Brightwood Road SE, in New Philadelphia, were issued citations for improper conduct and disorderly activity. The Musical Inn also was cited for drug possession. The night spots were among those visited overnight Friday by the Ohio Investigative Unit. The plain-clothes officers regularly conduct compliance checks to ensure that liquor permit-holders comply with the state's Liquor Control Act, as well as COVID-...