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Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump used his veto pen for the first time Friday. GOP senators who bucked the president in Thursday’s vote said they did so to preserve congressional control over government spending.
Seriously Ill Federal Prisoners Freed As Compassionate Release Law Takes Effect
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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Judges are beginning to limit the sentences of cancer sufferers and other badly ailing prisoners after a law passed last year by Congress.
Distress Grows For Ohio Valley Farmers As Trade Deals Stall
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Kentucky Farmer Barry Alexander doesn’t have an answer on when the Trump administration will reach a trade deal with China, now a year into tariffs that have hamstrung some Ohio Valley… Read More
Ohio Women’s Basketball: ‘Cats Blowout Miami to Advance to MAC Championship
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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CLEVELAND, OH — In their previous two meetings in the regular season, Miami had erased sizable Ohio leads. Back in late-January, the RedHawks came back from down as much as… Read More
Ohio Women’s Basketball: Erica Johnson saving her best ball for the MAC tournament
By: Thomas Garverick
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Erica Johnson is playing like anything but a freshmen. She has back-to-back double-double’s in the MAC tournament and she’s a big reason why Ohio is headed to… Read More
Ohio Gets Go-Ahead For Work Requirements For Medicaid Expansion
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The federal government says Ohio can join the eight other states that have been given permission to impose work requirements on people in Medicaid expansion. When it’s implemented, recipients who… Read More
Kentucky Lawmakers Target Solar power, Felony Expungement
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – People who put solar panels on their homes will likely get less credit for the power they generate after Kentucky lawmakers OK’d new rules for the… Read More
Police Officer Can’t Pull Over Driver For Giving Him The Finger, Court Rules
By: Matthew S. Schwartz I NPR
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A Michigan woman was engaging in constitutionally protected free speech when she made a crude hand gesture, a federal court ruled.
Group Gives DeWine Report On Mental Illness, Drug Addiction Needs
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine has said repeatedly that mental health and drug addiction are two areas he’ll focus on in his first budget. The group that he appointed to study the… Read More
Ohio Budget Plan Targets Funding for Kids, Workforce, Water
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Efforts to support Ohio’s vulnerable children and adults, prepare more skilled workers, and address water-quality concerns would get targeted funding increases under Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s… Read More
Ohio Board: Give Teens More Ways to Prove Skills for Diploma
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state school board is recommending that Ohio lawmakers give high school students more flexibility to earn a diploma through options not relying on standardized tests…. Read More
Judge Tosses Ohio’s Lawsuit Against Gas Pipeline Developer
By: Associated Press
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) – A judge has tossed out a lawsuit Ohio filed against the developers of a $4.2 billion natural gas pipeline that stretches from West Virginia to Michigan…. Read More
This Week On Radio Free Athens: March 16, 2019
Every weekend local music geeks unite to provide the region with 11 hours of creatively curated tunes on WOUB 1340AM, an endeavor that is known commonly as Radio Free Athens!… Read More