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Pay No State Sales Tax This Weekend For Back-To-School Items
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Going back to school will be different this year but there’s one thing that won’t change. Ohioans will still be able to take advantage… Read More
Toxic Legacy Comes To Light With Claims That Union Carbide Failed To Report Landfill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (OVR) — On a recent sticky July afternoon, Diana Green stands on the muddy bank of lower Davis Creek in South Charleston, West Virginia. As a child, she enjoyed wading… Read More
HS Football Season Shortened To 6 Games, All Teams Go To Playoffs
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high school sports coordinating agency has announced the football season will be shortened to six games this fall and all teams will advance to the… Read More
Hundreds Show Up For Free COVID-19 Testing In Athens Co.
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Hundreds of people from Athens County and beyond walked, rode their bikes and drove to Athens High School Friday for free COVID-19 testing. The pop-up testing… Read More
U.S. Intelligence: China Opposes Trump Reelection; Russia Works Against Biden
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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William Evanina, who leads the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, also said Iran is trying to undermine the November election.
DeWine’s Conflicting COVID Results Bring Attention To Tests In Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There have been over a thousand new confirmed coronavirus cases in each of the last four days in Ohio, and Friday’s 33 confirmed new… Read More
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.
Athens Co. Confirms Three COVID-19 Cases For August 7
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 356 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after three additional cases were confirmed Friday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More
Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival Interviews: Snarls
By: Weiler Harmon
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WOUB Digital · Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival Interviews: Snarls Early on in the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Nelsonville Music Festival announced its cancellation due to the infectious disease outbreak. In… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court To Hear Armed School Staff Training Case
By: Associated Press
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a school district’s appeal of a ruling that they must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons. Madison Local… Read More
Ohio To Purge 120K Inactive Voters From Rolls Post-Election
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief says about 120,000 inactive Ohio voter registrations will be removed from state voter rolls after the November election. Republican Secretary of State Frank… Read More
Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S.
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.