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CDC Offers Clearest Guidance Yet For Reopening Schools
By: Cory Turner | Anya Kamenetz | Tamara Keith | NPR
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The updated guidelines make key changes to earlier language, including a new color-coded chart that divides school reopening options into four zones, based on the level of community transmission.
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Ohio Volleyball: Two Sweeps in Two Days as Bobcats Beat Bulls
By: Chloe Workman
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB)- The Ohio Volleyball (4-2, 4-2 MAC) team kept building momentum as they swept the Buffalo Bulls (0- 8, 0-8 MAC) in three sets across games on Saturday,… Read More
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State Budget Proposal Recommends 90% Cut To Public Transportation Fund
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The latest budget proposal from Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) includes cutting a public transportation fund by tens of millions of dollars. Public transit advocates… Read More
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Ohio Prisons Director: Inmate Population Still Too High
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio prisons director says the correctional system remains above capacity despite dramatic reductions in the number of inmates during the pandemic. Annette Chambers-Smith is head… Read More
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WATCH: Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Underway In Senate | Day 4
By: PBS Newshour
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Warning: Some video shown during the trial may contain graphic images of violence and profanity. WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial continues for a fourth day… Read More
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Athens Co. Adds 3 Deaths Related To COVID-19, 51 New Cases For Feb. 12
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 29 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after three were added to the total on Friday. The… Read More
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Lawmakers Begin Tackling West Virginia Budget Proposal
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House of Delegates finance committee will receive a presentation on Gov. Jim Justice’s budget proposal Friday morning. Justice’s plan calls for a no-growth,… Read More
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Health Dept. To Restructure After 4K Unreported Deaths
By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins | Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press | Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Health Department is restructuring its infectious disease division following the discovery of as many as 4,000 unreported COVID-19 deaths and will investigate how the error… Read More
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Ohio Is Finding More Cases Of Fraud In Its Unemployment Processing System
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some of the more than 140,000 Ohioans who have recently filed for unemployment may not be getting their checks soon due to another problem… Read More