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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
US Government Sues for Land of Embattled WV Health Site
By: Associated Press
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – The federal government is suing a West Virginia mental health and substance abuse facility for the homeless, citing failures to provide documentation and numerous unanswered communications. The Gazette-Mail reports a lawsuit filed recently in federal court shows lawyers with U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart’s office want ownership of Integrated Community Services’ property… Read More
The Huntress and Holder of Hands II Gladden House Sessions 2019
By: Mikayla Schuyler
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For five years, MorganEve Swain performed with her husband Dave Lamb in lauded folk band Brown Bird, the final incarnation of which was simply the husband and wife duo. Lamb passed away in 2014 at the tragically young age of 35, and in the aftermath of his passing, Swain created The Huntress and Holder of… Read More
Heat Wave to Impact the Region Friday, Saturday
By: Blake Hardesty
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A dangerous heat wave will be impacting Ohio and most of the East Coast this weekend. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for all of southeast Ohio. This watch goes into effect at noon on Friday and will remain in effect until 8 p.m. on Saturday. Starting on Friday, and lasting… Read More
Bevin, Beshear Clash on Several Issues at Farm Bureau Forum
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear have clashed on education and health care policies during a forum before Kentucky’s most influential agricultural group. Speaking at Kentucky Farm Bureau headquarters in Louisville, Beshear said Wednesday that a push to bring charter schools to Kentucky will hurt public education. Beshear… Read More
Ohio State Reviewing Past Donations from Jeffrey Epstein
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State University says it is reviewing donations it received from financier Jeffrey Epstein who’s now facing sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. The university said in a statement Tuesday that Epstein’s private foundation anonymously donated $2.5 million to Ohio State in 2007. The money along with a donation from the… Read More
Lawmakers to Vote on Belated State Budget as Deadline Looms
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio lawmakers are expected to vote on a proposed two-year state budget Wednesday, hours before the extended deadline to pass the $69 billion spending plan. The latest version , approved Tuesday by a conference committee, includes a 4% personal income tax cut and $550 million for educational wraparound services such as… Read More
PBS Honored with Five Emmy® Nominations
On July 16, 2019, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards. PBS programs received five nominations including for the critically acclaimed documentaries INDEPENDENT LENS “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” and POV “Minding the GAP.” AMERICAN MASTERS also received a nomination for Outstanding Documentary or… Read More