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House Holds Hearing On Bill Allowing Limits To State Health Orders
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House has scheduled a possible committee vote on a bill that would limit states of emergency issued by the governor and allow… Read More

Here’s What’s In The American Rescue Plan As It Heads Toward Final Passage
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights, including what the Senate changed.

Ohio Sued Over Law Requiring Burial Of Aborted Fetal Remains
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion clinics in Ohio sued to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried. Clinics, through their lawyers at… Read More

Planning Underway To Shore Up Evacuated Building In Uptown Athens
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A 117-year-old building in uptown Athens remains evacuated and the area around it blocked off as a plan is devised to shore up an exterior wall…. Read More

Athens Co. Adds 1 Death Related To COVID-19, 7 New Cases For March 9
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 50 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after one was added to the total Tuesday. The county… Read More

With Her Recording Series ‘Rising Sun,’ Lara Downes Re-Centers Black Composers
You might know her as the host of NPR Music’s web series, Amplify with Lara Downes, or by her work as a concert pianist – through each, Downes’ goal has been to… Read More

VIDEO: From Architectural Designer to News Director
Mike Redding’s career path wound through Athens and WOUB ATHENS, OH – Nearly 30 years ago, News Center Maine Media News Director Mike Redding did architectural design work in Southern… Read More