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The EPA’s new ‘good neighbor’ rule targets downwind pollution by power plants
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with… Read More
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Republican senators are proposing changes at Ohio public universities aimed at “cancel culture”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Senators have proposed a bill that makes big changes in public universities in Ohio, aiming at what some call “cancel culture”. It includes… Read More
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Paula Poundstone explains channeling OCD into her enduring comedy career, why she thinks Ohio’s Wright Brothers had OCD too
By: Ian Saint
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Four decades after Paula Poundstone’s comedy career took flight her body of work has weathered society’s major paradigm shifts remarkably well. This weekend her touring brings… Read More
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The unexpected American shopping seems to have cooled
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Unexpected shopping in the U.S. seems to have calmed. Retail spending declined 0.4% in February compared to January, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. That’s after a… Read More
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Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is suing Norfolk Southern over the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. It’s a move that was largely… Read More
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Troy Campbell reflects on the enduring impact of Joe Ely
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Rock ‘n’ roll has always been about absorbing music grown from vastly different facets of the human experience and mixing them together until they don’t seem… Read More
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Follow “Dr. Tony Fauci” across fourteen months during a devastating pandemic on AMERICAN MASTERS – March 21 at 8 pm
American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci to Examine the Work of the Public Health Official New documentary follows Dr. Fauci for over a year, offering a behind-the-scenes look at his career,… Read More