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Ohio Survives Milwaukee After Uneven Second Half
By: Blake Baker
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Ohio didn’t falter despite an inconsistent outing Wednesday night as they outlasted Milwaukee 71-69 to pick up their sixth win of the season. Coming off a narrow loss to Iona… Read More
Ohio University Receives Ohio EPA Grant
According to a press release from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs will receive $23,721 from the agency for an anti-pollution campaign…. Read More
Ohio House Speaker: Governor Veto of “Heartbeat” Abortion Bill Under Discussion
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio House Speaker says the governor’s veto of the so-called “heartbeat” abortion bill is under discussion. Brad Miller, a spokesman for Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, said… Read More
Trump’s Education Sec’y Nominee Owes Ohio
By: Associated Press
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Democratic senators are calling on Betsy DeVos — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary — to ensure that a political action committee she controlled pays $5.3 million in fines… Read More
Past Accidents Have Lead to Stronger Drinking Water Protections
Chances are, one of the first things you do in the morning is turn on the faucet. For more than three million people in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia,… Read More
Top Tunes ’16: Chris Pyle
This is the fourth installment of a December-long series that examines what Athens-centric tune heads have been jamming to all year long. Keep tabs on the series throughout the month here. … Read More
Federal Agency Chief Cites Mine Safety Concerns
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The departing head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration says he’s concerned miners’ protections may be rolled back under the Trump administration to address… Read More
Kentucky Offering Special Bank Accounts for People with Disabilities
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball says the state is offering special bank accounts to people with disabilities. The accounts allow people with disabilities to save and invest… Read More
Feds Make Parts of Wayne National Forest Available for Lease
By: Associated Press
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MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) – Despite strong opposition, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has made roughly 719 acres of Ohio’s only national forest available for lease by oil-and-gas drilling companies…. Read More
Sexual Victimization: New Data Challenges Stereotypes
By: Tom Hodson
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Lara Stemple and her colleagues are leading the charge to change perceptions of sexual victimization and more accurately account for the gender of sexual perpetrators. Stemple is the director of… Read More