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![People wait in a long line to receive a food bank donation at the Barclays Center on May 15 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Across the country, cities and towns are dealing with the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1213156714-bc69a40a972a33d51e04a79d04c449e5b817dfa0-scaled-e1589998613132-900x422.jpg)
About Half Of U.S. Homes Lost Wages During Pandemic, Census Bureau Finds
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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Because of the COVID-19 crisis, 47% of adults say their households have lost employment income and close to 40% have delayed getting medical care, according to early results of a Census Bureau survey.
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State Reports Data Breach for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Applicants
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Deloitte, a consulting company contracted by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), is investigating a data breach in the system launched last week… Read More
![People stand in line at a Detroit polling place during Michigan's March 10 presidential primary. Because of the pandemic, the state's top election official is sending absentee ballot applications to every registered voter for the fall election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1206416983-f7017ebaf26a93437f75f86a07536d012ac61ea2-scaled-e1589988558213-900x422.jpg)
Trump Repeats Unfounded Claims About Mail-In Voting, Threatens Funding To 2 States
By: Brett Neely | NPR
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Elections are run by state and local governments, and it’s unclear what legal means the president would have to withhold funds from the states.
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DeWine Says He Has Options After Budget Cuts, but Tax Hike isn’t Among Them
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With a state budget deficit of three quarters of a billion dollars and just two months left in the fiscal year, Gov. Mike DeWine ordered huge… Read More
![A caregiver tests a patient for coronavirus at University Hospitals, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus_testing_university_hospitals_-_by_tony_dejak-e1584562638145-900x422.jpg)
Rural Ohio Valley Counties Lack Sufficient Coronavirus Tests, Report Says
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — Just 15 percent of Kentucky counties meet minimum recommended coronavirus testing levels, according to a new report from health care company Castlight. Sixty-seven percent of West Virginia counties and… Read More
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Ohio Ballot Campaigns Allowed More Flexibility on Signatures
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Ohio to allow groups pursuing voting law changes, a minimum wage increase and marijuana decriminalization more time and flexibility to qualify… Read More
![The entrance to Continuing Health Care in Gahanna, where two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 tests, but no residents have.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nursing_home_heroes_sign__4_-e1589987721872-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio National Guard Will Bring Testing to Nursing Homes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There have been at least 674 deaths from coronavirus at nursing homes in Ohio, which is 43% of the state’s confirmed COVID-19 deaths. After saying for… Read More
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Jorma Kaukonen Performs 8th Solo Free Quarantine Concert May 23
Quality involvement! Join us as Jorma Kaukonen performs his 8th solo free Quarantine Concert from the Fur Peace Ranch this coming Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. EDT. For seven… Read More
![Russell Walker, Republican for North Carolina, State House District 48 holding "whats wrong with being racist" sign](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VIRAL-ANTISEMITISM-IN-FOUR-MUTATIONS-feature-900x422.jpg)
Examine the Rise and Infectious Spread of Antisemitism in the U.S; Tuesday, May 26 at 9 pm
Examine the Rise and Infectious Spread of Antisemitism in the U.S. and Europe in a Powerful New Documentary VIRAL: ANTISEMITISM IN FOUR MUTATIONS Premieres Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 p.m…. Read More
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Economist Depicts Pandemic’s Pinch on Higher Education & the Average Family
Colleges and universities and average families are all feeling the financial pinch from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts are dramatic. Dr. Richard Vedder, emeritus distinguished professor of economics at… Read More