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Pharma Firm Seeks to Shield CEO from Questioning in Lawsuit
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The largest prescription drug distributor in the U.S. is trying to shield its CEO from being deposed in West Virginia’s lawsuit over its opioid epidemic. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports lawyers for McKesson Corp. filed a motion last week saying “burdening” McKesson CEO John Hammergren with preparing and sitting for the deposition… Read More
‘No Regrets’: House Speaker Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-Election
By: Susan Davis | Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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Amid an uneasy tenure that saw the failure of an Obamacare repeal and the passing of tax cuts — as well as an uneven relationship with President Trump — Ryan is calling it quits.
Confronting Birth, Death, and Growth: Speaking With Director Amy Jenkins
By: Emily Votaw
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Instructions On Parting is a sprawling example of cinéma vérité as told from behind the camera of director Amy Jenkins over the course of a 10-year period. The film is a pragmatic yet elegiac ode to the essential and achingly human conundrum of death and birth, and their powerful capacity to put into motion necessary… Read More
Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease From Opioid Crisis
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams threw his support behind syringe exchange services as an important tool to address the Ohio Valley’s high risk of needle-borne disease associated with the opioid epidemic. Adams visited Florence, in northern Kentucky, for an event to encourage more people to get trained to administer the overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Dressed in a full,… Read More
Kentucky Attorney General Sues to Block Pension Bill
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Democratic Attorney General and unions representing teachers and police officers have sued to block a bill that would make changes to one of the country’s worst funded public pension systems. Andy Beshear filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning, less than a day after Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed the bill into… Read More
Records Scarce on Sexual Misconduct at Ohio Statehouse
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Details on sexual misconduct at the Ohio Statehouse are hard to come by. Accessing public records detailing a pair of sexual misconduct cases in the Legislature last year all but required reporters to already know who did what when and to whom. There was no centralized repository of information about what… Read More
3 Accused of Supporting Terrorism Are Set to Change Pleas
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Three men with Ohio ties who have pleaded not guilty to supporting terrorism by working together to send money to an al-Qaida leader are due in court for change-of-plea hearings. Federal authorities charged the men in 2015, along with a fourth who pleaded guilty last year. An indictment in federal court… Read More
Report: Ex-Coal Exec Fails To File Disclosure In Senate Race
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A report says the former coal executive convicted of violating federal mine safety standards has failed to turn in a required financial disclosure for his U.S. Senate race. The U.S. Senate Office of Public Records told The Charleston Gazette-Mail on Monday there’s no indication Don Blankenship’s disclosure was received by Sunday’s… Read More
Amid Teacher Protests, Kentucky Governor Signs Pension Bill
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Republican governor has signed a bill into law that makes changes to the state’s troubled public pension systems over the loud objections of the state’s teachers. Matt Bevin told WHAS-AM he signed the bill on Tuesday. It preserves most benefits for current and retired workers but will move new hires… Read More
Democrats Cite Differences In Final Ohio Governor’s Debate
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) – Four Democrats battling for their party’s nomination in the race for Ohio governor are emphasizing their differences ahead of the May 8 primary. Former federal consumer protection chief Richard Cordray pointed to his experience during a Tuesday night debate on Miami University’s Middletown campus, including winning two statewide elections. Former U.S…. Read More
Ohio House Speaker Resigns Amid FBI Talk
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger says he’s resigning from office amid talk of an FBI investigation into his activities. Rosenberger released a statement Tuesday night saying that while he believes all of his actions as speaker have been “ethical and lawful,” he understands the inquiry could take some time to resolve…. Read More
Not All Ohio Marijuana Businesses Will Open By Deadline
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Regulators of Ohio’s new medical marijuana program say not all of the state’s growers, manufacturers and dispensaries will be operational by the legislated deadline of Sept. 8. Department of Commerce Director Jacqueline Williams, whose agency oversees marijuana businesses, says not all the licensed businesses will be open by that day. Cleveland.com… Read More
What Lies Upstream | INDEPENDENT LENS | Coming Monday, April 16 at 10
What Lies Upstream Premieres on Independent Lens Monday, April 16, 2018 on PBS Documentary Thriller Investigates the Largest Chemical Drinking Water Contamination in a Generation In this unsetting exposé, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans. Upon examination, he uncovers a shocking… Read More
What Does It Mean to be a “Progressive” in Today’s Political Landscape?
The term “liberal” seems to be fading from the political lexicon. Instead, daily, we, as voters, are bombarded with the term “progressive.” We constantly hear of progressive versus mainstream candidates. It was really apparent in the 2016 primary with Sen. Bernie Sanders challenging Hillary Clinton. But “progressivism” also has seemed to invade state elections and… Read More