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Trump Expected To Renew Push For Census Citizenship Question With Executive Action
By: Hansi Lo Wang | Franco Ordoñez | NPR
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After the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off forms for the upcoming national head count, the Trump administration is now trying to add the question by taking executive action.
DeWine Creates Group to Consider Future of State Fairgrounds
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed a task force to consider the future of the Ohio State Fairgrounds, just three miles away from downtown Columbus. The annual state fair brings together agriculture, rides and fried food on July 24, but that’s only one of the things at stake. DeWine says the 19-member Expo 2050 commission must… Read More
Vinton County Cancer Research Group Nears the End of its Study
By: Allie Eldredge
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ATHENS, Ohio– A group of concerned citizens in Vinton County is wrapping up a two-year study on the number of cancer cases in their area. Next month the group will start to review their results and compare the data gathered with other databases. “We are number one in Ohio on cancer rates per capita and… Read More
WV Teachers Union Says It Will Sue Over Charter School Bill
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia teachers union says it plans to sue over a sweeping GOP education bill that allows the creation of the state’s first charter schools. The West Virginia Education Association released a statement Wednesday saying it has sent the attorney general a formal intent to sue letter that alleges the… Read More
Laid-Off Employees Of Bankrupt Blackjewel Mining Seek Pay, Answers
By: Brittany Patterson | Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Patrick Fitchpatrick has worked at Blackjewel’s D-11 coal mine in Cumberland, Kentucky, for more than a year. He said he enjoyed the work right up until he was told not to come in last Monday. “Everything was smooth sailing and then one day it just all goes to hell,” he said. The country’s sixth-largest coal… Read More
LancasterChorale Brings Spiritual Works to Lancaster Festival July 21
LancasterChorale, central Ohio’s all-professional chamber choir, will perform a variety of American Folk Hymns, Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Contemporary Works on Sunday, July 21. The concert is an affiliate performance of the Lancaster Festival, which runs July 17-27. “The American experience is a mosaic of imported and complementary cultures and traditions, and the music that… Read More
‘You May Need The Money More Than I Do’: McConnell Once Returned Trump’s Donation
By: Eric Mennel | Kelly McEvers | Tom Dreisbach | NPR
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In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It’s a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.
8 Days: To the Moon and Back | Saturday, July 20 at 8
PBS Commemorates Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary With 8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK Co-Produced with the BBC, the Film on the Ultimate Human Adventure Encores Saturday, July 20 at 8:00 p.m. during PBS’s “Summer of Space” PBS is taking viewers on a unique adventure with the crew of Apollo 11 for their eight-day,… Read More