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What would Ohio get out of the Build Back Better Act?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passing a few days ago, backers of President Biden’s Build Back Better ACT have hit the ground to promote the $1.75 trillion element of the Democrats’ economic agenda. And they say it has a lot that can help Ohioans. While the infrastructure bill… Read More
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Athens City Council takes up proposal to regulate short-term home rentals
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens City Council is considering a proposal which would require homeowners to get a permit to do short-term rentals. Homeowners in Athens can already rent out their homes or rooms in their homes using services like Airbnb and Vrbo. There’s no law against that. What the proposed new system would… Read More
Four new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for Nov. 9
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 8,022 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after four new cases were reported Tuesday. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the numbers on Nov. 9, 2021. According to ODH data, the cases involved two people 20-29, a person 50-59 and a person… Read More
Joe Mullins told WOUB about working with Smithsonian Folkways to preserve bluegrass’ Ohio history and his upcoming Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Joe Mullins on ‘Industrial Strength Bluegrass’ Bluegrass has deep roots in Southwestern Ohio. The genre was brought into the region by hopeful Appalachian migrants drawn by the promise of post-World War II industrial economic opportunity to places like Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and Springfield. Between the years of 1947 and 1989, these… Read More
Inside “Storm Lake” keeping local journalism alive on Independent Lens – Nov. 15 at 10 pm
“Storm Lake” on Independent Lens Monday, November 15 at 10:00 pm Storm Lake, Iowa, has seen its fair share of changes in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to town. Farmers blow their life savings on new equipment they hope will keep their livelihoods intact while migrant workers flock here, welcome and not,… Read More