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Ohio’s House kills an off-label prescriptions proposal at the final stage
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House last week shot down its own off-label drug prescriptions bill, which was one floor vote away from Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk…. Read More

Outside the North Pole, Ohio was once the center of toy-making magic
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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XENIA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Rob Eldridge collects scraps of his childhood. At his vintage toy shop in Xenia, the shelves are stocked with all the obsessions of his… Read More

An Ohio Senate committee adds a religious education bill to the “Parents’ Bill of Rights”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The so-called “Parents’ Bill of Rights” could move forward with a big and unexpected change. House Bill 8, which opponents say is Ohio’s equivalent… Read More

Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger
By: Dee-Ann Durbin | AP
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Kroger and Albertsons’ plan for the largest U.S. supermarket merger in history crumbled last week, with Albertsons pulling out of the $24.6 billion deal and the two companies accusing each other… Read More

Tariffs are changing the global solar market. An Ohio company played a role
By: Leila Goldstein | The Ohio Newsroom
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PERRYSBURG, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Inside a factory owned by Ohio-founded First Solar, machine techs monitor screens as glass panels are sanded down, coated with a thin layer of… Read More

Amazon Web Services plans to spend $10 billion in Ohio, creating jobs and a huge energy demand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Amazon Web Services will invest $10 billion to expand its data centers across Ohio. The company says it plans to spend more than $23… Read More

The GOP stoked fears of noncitizen voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Before the November presidential election, Ohio’s secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential voter fraud that included suspected noncitizen voting. It coincided with… Read More

Suggested Listening 2024: DJ B-Funk
By: Brandon Thompson
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WOUB Culture’s Suggested Listening series highlights the music that resonated with WOUB Culture contributors and regional artists in 2024. Today we spotlight Brandon Thompson. a.k.a DJ B-Funk. Born in Athens,… Read More

Spend Christmas in Scotland with friends in “MARY BERRY’S HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS” – December 23 at 9:00 pm
Ring in the Holidays With MARY BERRY’S HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS Monday, December 23 at 9 pm Join The Beloved Home Cook In Her Mother’s Homeland, Scotland, As She Prepares Favorite Christmas… Read More

Craig Reck started his media career with a regional Emmy® award thanks to WOUB
Reck was a broadcast journalism major that graduated from Ohio University in 2010 ATHENS, OH – Craig Reck’s media career started with a regional Emmy® award in the program/host category… Read More