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Ohio Employers Can Now Report Workers Who Refuse to Return for Reopening
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state has paid out more than $1.7 billion to over a half a million jobless Ohioans in the last seven weeks. And while 85… Read More
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How the Small Business Loan Program Went Wrong in Just 4 Weeks
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | Jim Zarroli | Laura Sullivan | Cheryl W. Thompson | Bill Chappell | Graham Smith | Pallavi Gogoi | NPR
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Not-so-small companies like Shake Shack and organizations like the LA Lakers were able to get loans that were meant for suffering small businesses. What happened?
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Ohio Prioritizes Coronavirus Testing, DeWine Comments on Protesters
By: Lydia Taylor | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 press conference Monday started out with a moment of silence to remember the four Kent State students who lost their lives 50 years… Read More
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WATCH: Why Your Dreams May Have Been More Vivid During the Outbreak
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Deirdre Barrett is a Harvard University professor and an expert on dreaming who has studied the science of dreams for three decades. And with societal anxieties heightened… Read More
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Ohio Farmers Hit Hard by Pandemic
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is among the top states for several agricultural crops and for food production and processing. But while farming is considered an essential business under… Read More
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Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Curb DeWine’s Power with Public Health Orders
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Manufacturing, construction and distribution companies can reopen today, with employees wearing masks and observing cleaning and social distancing rules. State lawmakers are also coming back… Read More
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Documentaries will be released each Friday at 8 p.m. ATHENS, OH – WOUB Public Media continues its YouTube release of locally-produced documentaries this week, as Ohioans are staying at home… Read More
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Cleveland Local Businesses Reach Out in Tough Times
By: Katrina Kopronica
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the Ohio economy has taken a hard hit in many areas. According to the Brookings Institute, “a city that generates the majority of… Read More