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Ohio National Guard Deploys to Test Nursing Home, Congregate Care Staff and Residents for COVID-19
By: Jess Mador | WYSO
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio National Guard will deploy across the state beginning this week to help expand COVID-19 testing at Ohio’s 960 nursing homes. Gov. Mike DeWine… Read More
Pandemic Puts A Crimp On Voter Registration, Potentially Altering Electorate
By: Pam Fessler | NPR
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Most places where Americans usually register to vote have been closed since March. It’s led to a big drop in new registrations right before an election that was expected to see record turnout.
VIDEO: What the U.S. is Doing About its Testing Swab Shortage
By: Sacha Pfeiffer | Meg Anderson | NPR
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To contain the coronavirus, the U.S. needs to be able to test a lot of people. But we’re facing a shortage of a key ingredient: the swab. Here’s why these swabs are so hard to source.
State Lawmaker says ‘Root’ of Racial Health Disparity Must Be Addressed
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House Minority Caucus Leader Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) is criticizing the state’s plan to address racial health disparities during the coronavirus pandemic saying the strategy Gov…. Read More
WATCH: How COVID-19 Reshapes our Views of Life, and of Loss
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Many Western societies have not had to face death at the scale of COVID-19 since World War II, nearly 75 years ago. Could the grim reality of… Read More
Groups Call for Election Reforms Before the November Election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — COVID-19 closed down the March primary election, and lawmakers extended the absentee ballot deadline to late April. Voter rights groups are asking state lawmakers to… Read More
Tantrum Theater Offers Empowering Summer Drama Experience for Kids
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Tantrum Theater Offers Empowering Summer Drama Experience for Kids Although the in person theater education experience that Ohio University’s Tantrum Theater typically provides for regional children and… Read More
WOUB FM to Hold One-Day Radio Pledge Drive TODAY
Drive will be conducted with minimal interruption to programming SUPPORT WOUB FM NOW ATHENS, OH – The changing news has many people in our region tuning into WOUB radio daily… Read More