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New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill sales that help set the crisis in motion. The data for the Ohio Valley show how hard the region was hit and how hard people… Read More
Some Ohio Planned Parenthoods Are Getting Help To Serve Low-Income Women
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio is tapping into the national organization’s emergency funds to be able to provide birth control and other health care services to low income women. This move allows the organization to comply with a Trump administration order that bans federal dollars from going to clinics that refer clients for abortions. Planned… Read More
Lawmakers Send Belated State Budget to Governor
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio would cut personal income taxes by 4%, raise the age for buying tobacco to 21 and direct $550 million for educational wraparound services such as mental health counseling under the two-year state budget that lawmakers belatedly sent Wednesday to the governor. The Republican-led Legislature passed a $69 billion spending plan… Read More
Vote Nears on Financial Rescue for Ohio’s Nuclear Plants
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State lawmakers are closing in on a decision on whether to OK a financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear plants. The proposal before the state legislature would give the plants $150 million a year by adding a new fee onto every electricity bill in the state. Votes could take place Wednesday… Read More