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The OUtlet – June 30, 2023
By: Caleb McCleskey
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — This week on The OUtlet, elementary school students get hands on experience with the future of STEM technology, and a self defense camp aims to teach… Read More

Photo Gallery: Athens’ Friendship Bench program trains volunteers to lend an ear when it comes to mental health
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A new group of volunteers in Athens are ready to offer a sympathetic ear to their neighbors in need after a recent Friendship Bench program training…. Read More

Supreme Court says First Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2023 at 11:30 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website… Read More

Food banks in Ohio feel relief as a state budget compromise restores additional funding
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — A conference committee has restored some additional funding for Ohio food banks in the state’s upcoming two-year budget. The House had given the Ohio… Read More

Former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges gets five years in prison in nuclear bailout scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio Republican Party chair and lobbyist Matt Borges was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for his role in the case involving the… Read More

Supreme Court kills Biden’s student debt plan in a setback for millions of borrowers
By: Nina Totenberg | Meghanlata Gupta | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2023 at 10:42 AM ET Follow NPR’s live coverage for the latest updates and reaction to this opinion. WASHINGTON (NPR) — In a highly anticipated decision, the… Read More

The Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at a redistricting lawsuit
By: David A. Lieb | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a… Read More

Shirley Manson dives deep on key Garbage songs on tour with Noel Gallagher: 90s hits ‘have different meanings to me now’
By: Ian Saint
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WOUB) – Garbage and Oasis were among the top genre-pioneering bands of the mid-90s’ alternative renaissance, that emerged in the wake of grunge fervor — in fact, Garbage’s… Read More

Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens July 1
Radio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program…. Read More

Coolville Elementary students set sail at summer STEM camp with the help of 3D printers
By: Conner Woodruff
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COOLVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — Using 3D printers, grade school students in Coolville are fabricating flat-bottom boats that will actually float. As part of the Federal Hocking Schools’ summer learning series,… Read More

With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next
By: Elena Moore | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that effectively ends affirmative action in higher education raises questions about the future of employer-run initiatives and programs that consider race… Read More

“Hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio on COUNTRY MUSIC “The Rub (Beginnings – 1933)” from Ken Burns – Thursday, July 6 at 9 pm
Ken Burns “Country Music” Thursday nights at 9 pm on WOUB Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in… Read More