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This Week On Radio Free Athens: March 29, 2025
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

Ohio comes from behind to get pivotal MAC win over Eastern Michigan
By: Marc Goldstein
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — As Nick Dolan watched Ben Slanker get intentionally walked ahead of him, he knew that he had the chance to do something special for his team…. Read More

Two days after receiving it, Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill overhauling higher education in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing a bill that conservatives say will crack down on what they feel is liberal indoctrination in… Read More

The OUtlet – March 28, 2025
By: Caleb McCleskey
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — This week on The OUtlet, a look at the only all women’s club baseball team in Ohio, and a family science fair to get kids involved… Read More

Southeast Ohio Foodbank loses 162,000 pounds of food to canceled federal shipments
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Decisions at the federal level will once again have a direct impact on dinner tables throughout southeast Ohio. The Trump administration canceled $500 million… Read More

Meet the “bounty hunter” filing lawsuits in the name of government transparency
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments in the name of government transparency. “I go find public… Read More

The Ohio House passed its own new energy generation provisions. What next?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House legislators voted Wednesday to advance their own version of lengthy energy generation legislation, which—like the Senate’s—includes an immediate rollback of controversial subsidies… Read More

States move to ban or restrict the use of synthetic dyes used in candies and cereal
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Synthetic dyes used to make brightly colored cereals, drinks and candies are coming under scrutiny in states across the country, where lawmakers say the federal government… Read More

Gov. Mike DeWine says the ‘war chat’ involving top U.S. defense leaders and a journalist ‘has to be investigated’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fallout continues after news surfaced earlier this week that the nation’s top defense leaders included a journalist in a group war chat about plans… Read More

How deeply to get involved in South Vietnam in part two, “Riding the Tiger” on THE VIETNAM WAR – April 3 at 9 pm
THE VIETNAM WAR The Landmark Documentary Event by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Returns Thursday, April 3 at 9:00 pm Episode Two: “Riding the Tiger” President Kennedy inspires idealistic… Read More