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![Two of artist Kimberly Chapman's porcelain statues on display at the Southeast Ohio History Center. The statues portray women drowning in their bedsheets.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/featured-porcelain-sculpture-900x422.jpg)
Athens art exhibit illustrates the horrors of asylum life for women
By: Payton Szymczak
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — There was a time when a woman could be committed to an insane asylum simply because her husband thought she was lazy. This is one of… Read More
![Court Street during the afternoon](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/court-strret-2-e1658344125846-900x422.jpg)
Zoning rules for businesses in Athens may soon change
By: Jada Respress
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — City officials may consider changes to a zoning code prohibiting restaurants from operating within 200 feet of a residential area. But the code is routinely waived… Read More
![Two water tanks outside of Nelsonville's water treatment center](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Water-Tanks-e1658263591781-900x422.png)
Frequent disruptions to Nelsonville residents’ water supply could soon have a fix
By: Ayden Crowley
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — Nelsonville residents’ struggle with disruptions in their water supply and boil orders because of frequent breaks in the city’s aging water pipes could be coming to… Read More
![House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., leads a hearing on the future of abortion rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court on July 14.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22200033165978-5531cb9e32a4348b14684d6cc444a73af4b17816-scaled-e1658335141968-900x422.jpg)
Bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage passes overwhelmingly in the House
By: Associated Press
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Updated July 19, 2022 at 6:58 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme… Read More
![Ohio Right to Life president Mike Gonidakis appearing on "The State of Ohio" on May 13, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gonidakis-on-soo-5-13-22-e1658321542902-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Right to Life president to be reappointed to state medical board
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, intends to renominate to the state medical board the president of Ohio Right to Life, who also was the… Read More
![two constables watching renters remove a couch from an apartment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FRONTLINE-Facing-Eviction--900x422.jpg)
An intimate look at the nation’s affordable housing crisis: “Facing Eviction” on FRONTLINE, July 26 at 10 pm
Frontline: Facing Eviction Tues., July 26, 2022 Airing at 10 pm on PBS & on YouTube Streaming at 7 pm at pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS Video App facebook.com/frontline |… Read More