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U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests
The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization to Ellume’s rapid test in December, after it showed 96% accuracy in a U.S. clinical study.
FirstEnergy Agrees Not To Seek Subsidy In Agreement With AG
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced Ohio’s largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a… Read More
Ohio Governor Lays Out His Proposed Two-Year Budget
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine laid out his proposed two-year state budget that sinks $1 billion into one-time spending. DeWine said his plan would use… Read More
Athens County Confirms 33 New COVID-19 Cases For Feb. 1
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 4,060 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 33 were reported Monday. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed… Read More
Republican AG To Seek Reelection, Not Portman’s Senate Seat
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost plans to run for reelection next year and said Monday he won’t seek the U.S. Senate seat that fellow Republican Rob… Read More
School Teachers, Staff Report Issues Trying To Schedule COVID-19 Vaccine
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 91,000 school teachers and staff around the state are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. But some educators say they ran into… Read More
Suggested Listening ’20: Caitlin Kraus
What a year 2020 was! Since it is doubtful anyone even believes in linear time anymore, it seems fitting that WOUB Culture is rolling out our Suggested Listening feature in… Read More