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Vanderhoff Says COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates Dropping For High Risk Ages
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is seeing an increase in the rate of new COVID-19 cases due to the spread of a variant. But health officials say there’s encouraging data… Read More
![The White House has unveiled a $1.5 trillion budget outline for fiscal year 2022, including $2.1 billion for gun violence prevention. Above, President Biden speaks about gun violence in the Rose Garden on April 8, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ap21098586252432-7a620f913567efed665954e04ffa8e889adfb9d7-scaled-e1617985755273-900x422.jpg)
Biden Proposes $1.5 Trillion Federal Spending Plan
By: Brian Naylor | Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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The president’s budget blueprint would increase spending on an array of domestic programs aimed at reducing poverty and fighting climate change, while keeping defense spending relatively flat.
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Ohio University Board Says Professor Accused Of Sexual Harassment Should Be Fired
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio University board of trustees voted unanimously Friday morning that a professor found to have sexually harassed two female students should be fired. The board… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms 6 New COVID-19 Cases For April 9
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 4,917 total cases of COVID-19 after six new cases were reported Friday. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the new cases on… Read More