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Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking Citizenship Question On 2020 Census
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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The Trump administration is asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the first major court ruling over plans to add a question about U.S. citizenship status to the 2020 census.
Trump Postpones Pelosi Trip To War Zone After She Postpones State Of The Union
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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“In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” the president wrote to the speaker.
![Mirna Yolanda Contreras, 29 (left), and Paula Arita, 32, are both from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. "Since we met in Puebla [Mexico], we have never separated. We became very good friends; we slept in the same place the whole time," Contreras said.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/valabregaf_1244_15dec18_14-4483b2e25f69b96b079331de0ec9518b80015993-e1547771660330-900x422.jpg)
‘I’m A Survivor Of Violence’: Portraits Of Women Waiting In Mexico For U.S. Asylum
By: Federica Valabrega | NPR
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Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S.
Patient’s Widow: Hospital Safeguards ‘Failed Tremendously’
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A woman suing an Ohio hospital and doctor with claims that her husband received an outsized dose of a powerful painkiller before he died says it’s… Read More
Frank LaRose Wants To Modernize Voter Roll Removal Process
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Newly-sworn in Secretary of State Frank LaRose is already making his pitch to Ohio lawmakers for his biggest legislative priorities. Among the top issues, modernizing the voter removal process, which… Read More
Limited USDA Service During Government Shutdown Sows Confusion For Farmers
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Farm Service Agency office in Mayfield, Kentucky, is so quiet you can hear the tick of the Department of Agriculture-branded clock on the wall. Eleven employees usually make up… Read More
State Public Awareness Campaign Launched To Promote Foster Care And Adoption
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio has nearly 16,000 children in the custody of county children’s services agencies. Gov. Mike DeWine wants to increase the number of foster care families available to meet that need…. Read More
OU Trustee Committee Advances Tuition Hike For Full Board’s Approval
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS (WOUB) — Ohio University’s Board of Trustees will decide on whether to approve a 3.5-percent increase in tuition at all Ohio University campuses Friday after the proposal received a committee’s… Read More
First Listen: DAWN, ‘new breed’
By: Sidney Madden I NPR
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DAWN waves a flag for the weirdness of black girls while once again asserting herself as a musical chameleon capable of an elegantly executed audible middle finger.
Federal Immigration Agents Separated More Migrant Children Than Previously Thought
By: John Burnett | NPR
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Before family separation became an official and controversial policy of the Trump administration, federal immigration agents separated “thousands” of migrant children from their parents.
Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Cohen Acknowledges Scheme To Rig Polls In Presidential Race
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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Michael Cohen tweeted about what appeared to be another example of questionable actions he’d taken in order to help Trump’s presidential ambitions. He already has pleaded guilty to others.
What’s Driving Low Gas Prices? A Global Oil Glut
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Gasoline prices have been dropping steadily for months; they’re averaging right around $2.25 per gallon nationally. Enjoy, but don’t get used to them, analysts say.
AEP Urges PUCO To Approve Large Southwestern Solar Farm
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is holding hearings on what could be the largest renewable energy project in the state. AEP Ohio wants to generate 900MW of renewable energy,… Read More
Retired Judge Responds To Kentucky Governor’s Criticism
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A recently retired Kentucky Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion striking down Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s pension law has responded to the governor’s criticism of… Read More
Broadband Internet Bill Advances In W.Va. House
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Legislation aimed at expanding high-speed wireless and broadband internet development in West Virginia has advanced in the House of Delegates. The House committee on technology and… Read More
FRONTLINE: Coal’s Deadly Dust | Tuesday, January 22 at 10
Learn about the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners. An investigation with NPR reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how industry and government failed to… Read More
Episode 055 : Resiliency Trainer, Brian Fleming
Brian Fleming was born into a lower-income family in a small factory town west of Detroit, Michigan. After joining the Army at 18 years old, he was blown up by… Read More
Episode 046: Business Journalist Mark Miller Discusses Retirement Strategies and Growing Through Trauma
Mark Miller, a journalist who often covers issues related to retirement and aging, writes three columns, including for Reuters, and his work appears in places like The New York Times… Read More
Ohio Women’s Basketball: Ohio takes foul fest against Kent State to improve to 14-1
By: Michael Roth
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ATHENS, Ohio — The common noise heard around the Convocation Center tonight weren’t cheers or boos, instead they were whistles. In a game that featured 55 total fouls and 61… Read More