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Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, a watchdog says
By: Martin Kaste | NPR
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Updated June 27, 2023 at 2:48 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — Of the $1.2 trillion in federal aid disbursed on an emergency basis to small businesses during the pandemic, at… Read More

Backers of an Ohio abortion amendment prepare to submit petitions for the November ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for reproductive rights spent the weekend making their last big push collecting petition signatures. The coalition must turn in 414,000 valid signatures to… Read More

Ohio’s House takes a step to keep the state operating if lawmakers miss the upcoming budget deadline
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has informally passed a measure that could allow the state to continue normal operations if lawmakers fail to reach agreement… Read More

Ryan Seacrest will be the new host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Wheel Of Fortune contestants will be buying their vowels from Ryan Seacrest in 2024. Sony Pictures Television named Seacrest the show’s new host on Tuesday, as he… Read More

An Athens native builds community and promotes growth through table tennis
By: Morgan Anderson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Gaelan Mullins handed out paddles and balls to the players around him, who took their positions at the tables lined up across the room. What followed was… Read More

The Supreme Court has rejected the Independent State Legislature theory
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, in a key opinion… Read More

Ohio’s House will vote on a one-week spending extension as the budget deadline is days away
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s starting to look more unlikely that there will be a budget in place in time for the new fiscal year on Saturday. The… Read More

Here’s the deal with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
By: Matthew Perpetua I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Among the surest ways to feel out of the loop right now is to look at concert listings and notice that artists you’ve never heard — or… Read More

A fight for the proper memorialization of 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans in “A Story of Bones” on POV – July 3 at 10 pm
‘POV’ Uncovers A Burial Site Containing Thousands of Once Enslaved Africans in the Astonishing Documentary: A Story of Bones Monday, July 3 at 10 pm POV, America’s longest running… Read More

New Chief Content Officer at XSET is still innovating nearly 25 years after helping to launch WOUB’s “Gridiron Glory”
David Luce graduated from Ohio University in 2000 ATHENS, OH – In October 2022, David Luce became the chief content officer at XSET, an up-and-coming gaming lifestyle company. Luce oversees… Read More