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Federal judge blocks measure giving Lake Erie legal rights

by Associated Press
| February 28, 2020 10:05 AM

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An unusual ballot measure approved by voters in Ohio's fourth-largest city to give legal rights to Lake Erie has been struck down by a federal judge.

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