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Ohio Women’s Basketball: ‘Cats Advance to Elite Eight of WNIT
By: Taylor Jedrzejek
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ATHENS, OH — March has been a month of milestones for the Ohio women’s basketball team. It started back on the seventh of the month when head coach Bob Boldon won his 124th win. Just two days later, in the Bobcats’ final regular season game, junior Amani Burke became the 16th member of the 1,000… Read More
Ivanka Trump Visits Kentucky Toyota Plant, Touts Training
By: Associated Press
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) – Ivanka Trump toured the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in central Kentucky, viewing several stages of the manufacturing process. The White House says in a release that Ivanka Trump, an adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, has focused on workforce training. The Georgetown plant’s CEO Jim Lentz says the company is… Read More
Governor: 11-Cent Deal Reached With Ohio House on Gas Tax
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The office of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says the state gas tax would rise by 11 cents on a deal reached with the speaker of the Ohio House on the state transportation budget. DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said Thursday the deal also calls for a 20-cents per gallon increase for diesel… Read More
From Walmart To Google, Companies Teaming Up To Buy More Solar And Wind Power
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Walmart, GM, Google, Johnson & Johnson and other corporations are forming a trade organization to promote the interests of renewable energy buyers.
Kentucky Called A “Warning Signal” On SNAP Work Requirements
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The federal government is considering a work requirement for some people who get food assistance through SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A new study uses Kentucky as an example of what that change could mean for the country. The SNAP rules require 80 hours of work a month and cap assistance at three months… Read More
Senate Votes To Legalize Hemp And CBD Oil In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio Senate has voted unanimously to legalize hemp and related products, including CBD oil. Sen. Brian Hill (R-Zanesville) said hemp is used in some 25,000 commercial products including clothing, biofuels and plastic. Hill’s bill allows hemp, CBD oil and other products to be sold legally in Ohio. And it creates an industrial hemp program… Read More
Why Pedestrian Deaths Are At A 30-Year High
By: Sea Stachura | NPR
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“It’s great advice to tell people to use a crosswalk, but that’s not very useful if the crosswalk doesn’t exist,” says Tom Ellington of the Pedestrian Safety Review Board in Macon, Ga.
Woman Charged in Pike County Massacre Probe Will Face Trial in July
By: Associated Press
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – A judge has rejected a request to dismiss charges against a woman accused of lying to authorities investigating the killings of eight family members in Ohio. The ruling Thursday means 76-year-old Fredericka Wagner will remain on house arrest. The judge set her trial date for late July. Wagner’s son, daughter-in-law and… Read More
Lawmaker Sponsors Bill To Keep Ohio On Daylight Saving Time Permanently
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A state lawmaker wants this to be the last year Ohioans spring forward and fall back. The plan would be to go to Daylight Saving Time year-round. Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) said right after the time change on March 10, she asked her Facebook friends if Ohio should stop changing clocks twice a year. “I… Read More
National LGBTQ Org. ‘Investigating’ bautista Removal
By: Susan Tebben
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ATHENS (WOUB) — A national organization that ranks universities on their LGBTQ friendliness is looking into the termination of the former LGBT Center director, and assessing whether or not Ohio University administration’s actions should impact their ranking. In a letter sent March 15 notifying OU President Duane Nellis of their plans to “investigate,” Shane Windmeyer, executive… Read More
Police: Man Driving 130 mph Was Heading To White House
By: Associated Press
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KINGWOOD, W.Va. (AP) – A Missouri man who police say had a gun and was speeding to the White House has appeared in court after being accused of threatening President Donald Trump during a traffic stop in West Virginia. Forty-two-year-old Eric Leonardo Charron of Kansas City, Missouri, was arraigned Thursday on charges of reckless driving… Read More
Federal Judge Again Blocks New Medicaid Rules in Kentucky
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A federal judge has once again blocked new rules for Kentucky’s Medicaid program that would require people to get a job, go to school or volunteer to keep their health benefits. Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has been trying to implement the new rules since January 2018, when he first got… Read More
Yost Jumps Into Obamacare Suit, Saying People With Pre-existing Conditions Should Be Protected
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s Republican attorney general is asking a federal court not to strike down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. He’s filed a brief in a lawsuit over the ACA, or Obamacare, after the Trump administration asked for the entire law to be thrown out. AG Dave Yost said he agrees with a December ruling from… Read More
State Senate OKs Bill on Burial, Cremation of Fetal Remains
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Republican-controlled state Senate has approved a bill requiring Ohio abortion clinics to arrange for fetal remains to be buried or cremated. Legislation sponsored by Republican Sen. Joe Uecker, of Miami Township, mandates that abortion providers inform women prior to the procedure of those two choices. The bill, which passed 24-7… Read More
Woman Charged in Pike County Killings Asking Judge to Toss Charges
By: Associated Press
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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – A woman facing charges in connection to an Ohio family massacre is to go before a judge and ask that her charges be dismissed. Prosecutors are opposing the request and also want a gag order to stop Fredericka Wagner from speaking about the case. A hearing is set for Thursday. Wagner’s… Read More
After Patient Deaths, Hospital Addresses Pharmacy Concerns
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio hospital where dozens of patients died after receiving potentially fatal doses of painkillers says it has fully addressed concerns about its pharmacy services that jeopardized its Medicare participation. Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus says a review done for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed that,… Read More
W. Va. Governor Approves Campaign Contribution Limits
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Gov. Jim Justice has approved a bill raising campaign contribution limits in West Virginia political races. The Republican governor signed the measure Wednesday. The bill almost triples the amount that individuals can donate to candidates from $1,000 to $2,800. It also boosts the amount a person can give to a state… Read More