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![Molly Wales dances in her carrot costume during a smoothie party at the front of the classroom with students at The Plains Intermediate School.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-edit-e1713363809900-900x422.jpg)
How school nurse Molly Wales transformed sex education in Athens
By: Claire Schiopota
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THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) — A packed class of 40 sixth graders at The Plains Intermediate School sit patiently and whisper to each other as a tall woman with a… Read More
![GOP lawmakers look to be recognized on the floor of the Ohio House at a session](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-4-e1707421628380-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House GOP caucus votes to pull the speaker’s control of incumbents’ election fund
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A faction of the Ohio House GOP is again trying to wrest control of money set aside for campaigning incumbents from Speaker Jason Stephens… Read More
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A bill meant to improve math skills passes as Kentucky lawmakers reach the end of the legislative session
By: Bruce Schreiner | Dylan Lovan | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at improving the math skills of Kentucky students won final passage Monday as lawmakers considered the final stacks of bills before concluding this year’s… Read More
![Construction on the $1.4 billion Columbus Crossroads mega-project on I-70 and I-71 in downtown Columbus started in 2010. This is how part of it looked in 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-36-e1713281148849-900x422.webp)
Orange barrels are blooming on Ohio’s roadways as construction season starts up
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Now that winter is over, road construction season is underway in Ohio. There are 950 road and bridge projects totaling $2.8 billion set for… Read More
![Young Love Canal residents hold protest signs. June 1, 1980. Credit: SUNY Buffalo State University Archives, Courier-Express Collection](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Love-Canal-residents-AMERICAN-EXPERIENCE-Poisoned-Ground-The-Tragedy-at-the-Love-Canal--900x422.jpg)
One of the most notorious environmental and public health disasters in US history in “Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal” on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – April 22 at 9 pm
American Experience “Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal” Premieres Monday, April 22 on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org Documentary Tells the Story of One of the Nation’s Most Notorious… Read More
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WOUB Senior Spotlight: Maddie Harden
By Kae Walther ATHENS, OH- Maddie Harden, a senior journalism news and information major, is headed back to her hometown of Cleveland after graduation to work as a digital content… Read More