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Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people,… Read More
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Revised state rules on gender treatment say they’ll affect only trans youth in Ohio, not adults
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first round of revised rules on gender-affirming treatments for trans youth in Ohio have been released, after public comment on them closed last… Read More
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The Ohio House passes its appropriations bill, to the protest of some GOP lawmakers
By: Sarah Donaldson | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers from both parties voted 75-19 to pass a nearly $2 billion package of appropriations for a slew of regional and local… Read More
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The NTSB will release a cause for the fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine at its June hearing
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The… Read More
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Found in Queens, NY, forensic experts investigate “The Woman in the Iron Coffin” on SECRETS OF THE DEAD, Feb. 14 at 10 pm
Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin Wednesday, February 14 at 10 p.m. on WOUB At the intersection of science and history, Secrets of the Dead uses… Read More
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WOUB Learning Lab offers MOLLY OF DENALI ™ PBS KIDS Family & Community Learning literacy workshop series in Athens
Series is free for families and children ATHENS, OH – Families and children in the region can explore literacy from the PBS KIDS series, MOLLY OF DENALI ™ thanks to… Read More