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Ohio Women’s Basketball: Bobcats’ Offense Falls Flat Against Buffalo
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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ATHENS — When the Bobcats’ offense went cold in Toledo two weeks ago, shooting just 24 percent in a 26-point loss to the Rockets, it could be written off as a fluke. However, after Wednesday night’s performance in the Convo, what was a fluke could prove to be something much worse as the ‘Cats season… Read More
United Methodist Church Votes To Keep Bans On Same-Sex Weddings, LGBTQ Clergy
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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Delegates rejected change despite a Virginia pastor’s warning: “You will be putting a virus into the American church that will make it very sick, and it will be sick quickly.”
Michael Cohen Calls Trump A ‘Racist’ And A ‘Con Man’ In Scathing Testimony
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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Updated at 5:16 p.m. ET Donald Trump apparently blessed the meeting his son held with a Russian delegation to get dirt on opponents in 2016 and welcomed advance word of efforts by WikiLeaks to disrupt the election, his former lawyer told Congress on Wednesday. Those were only a few of the politically incendiary allegations Michael… Read More
Bill Would Revive West Virginia Film Tax Credits
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A bill that would revive film production tax credits in West Virginia has passed the House of Delegates. Last year Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation ending the state’s program after an audit showed the $5 million in annual credits produced little economic benefit. Delegate Dianna Graves is the bill’s sponsor. The… Read More
Task Force Looking Into Using Risk Assessments In Bail Process
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio Supreme Court chief justice is gathering a team of experts to examine the state’s bail system, determining whether or not the system is unfair for people who are arrested but held on expensive bail before they can argue their case. Daniel Dew, with the conservative leaning Buckeye Institute says a high bail can… Read More
W.Va. House Passes Bill to Reduce Steam Coal Severance Tax
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A bill that would reduce the tax on steam coal produced in West Virginia has passed the House of Delegates. The bill approved on an 88-11 vote Wednesday would change the severance tax from 5 percent to 4 percent effective July 1 and to 3 percent effective July 1, 2020. It… Read More
Democrats Try Again For Tax Credit For Low-Income Ohioans
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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With debate over increasing the gas tax and adding another income tax cut in the next budget, Democratic lawmakers and anti-poverty advocates are trying again what they’ve pushed for years – changes to a tax credit aimed at low-income working Ohioans. Ohio is one of six states with a non refundable earned income tax credit,… Read More