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Threats Against Two Democratic Lawmakers Bring Support, Investigation
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An investigation is ongoing into threats targeting two sitting Democratic state lawmakers, a well-known senator from Akron who’s served in both chambers and his daughter,… Read More
In The Battle Against COVID-19, A Risk Of ‘Vaccine Nationalism’
By: Greg Myre | NPR
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The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies. The main competition appears to be between the United States and China.
Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning On His Tweets
By: Avie Schneider | NPR
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Tensions between President Trump and Twitter escalate as he threatens to “strongly regulate” or shut down social media platforms, which he accuses of silencing conservative viewpoints.
Experts Evaluating COVID-19 Projections as Economy Reopens
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With most of Ohio’s businesses allowed to open up, experts who’ve worked with the state on the modeling it used to create its COVID-19 policies… Read More
Federal Appeals Court Stays Lower Order Allowing Group More Time to Collect Petition Signatures
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to a group that’s trying to put changes to voting laws on this fall’s ballot. A federal… Read More
“Worker Protection Act” Proposed to Help Those Who are at Risk from Working Conditions
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As Ohio opens for business again, many workers have qualms about returning to their jobs. Some Democrats are proposing a bill they say will protect… Read More
Ohio National Guard Deploys to Test Nursing Home, Congregate Care Staff and Residents for COVID-19
By: Jess Mador | WYSO
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio National Guard will deploy across the state beginning this week to help expand COVID-19 testing at Ohio’s 960 nursing homes. Gov. Mike DeWine… Read More
Pandemic Puts A Crimp On Voter Registration, Potentially Altering Electorate
By: Pam Fessler | NPR
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Most places where Americans usually register to vote have been closed since March. It’s led to a big drop in new registrations right before an election that was expected to see record turnout.
VIDEO: What the U.S. is Doing About its Testing Swab Shortage
By: Sacha Pfeiffer | Meg Anderson | NPR
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To contain the coronavirus, the U.S. needs to be able to test a lot of people. But we’re facing a shortage of a key ingredient: the swab. Here’s why these swabs are so hard to source.
State Lawmaker says ‘Root’ of Racial Health Disparity Must Be Addressed
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — House Minority Caucus Leader Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) is criticizing the state’s plan to address racial health disparities during the coronavirus pandemic saying the strategy Gov…. Read More
WATCH: How COVID-19 Reshapes our Views of Life, and of Loss
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Many Western societies have not had to face death at the scale of COVID-19 since World War II, nearly 75 years ago. Could the grim reality of… Read More
Groups Call for Election Reforms Before the November Election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — COVID-19 closed down the March primary election, and lawmakers extended the absentee ballot deadline to late April. Voter rights groups are asking state lawmakers to… Read More
A Prison System Tops in Virus Deaths Starts Reopening Anyway
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The head of the Ohio corrections system says state prisons must begin reopening to accommodate the slow return to business as usual. Ohio has the most… Read More
WATCH: ‘Massive Numbers of People’ Needed to do Contact Tracing
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control…. Read More
Here’s How the Pandemic is Changing America’s Plans for its Newest Spaceship
By: Geoff Brumfiel | NPR
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Later this week, NASA and SpaceX will launch the first rocket carrying astronauts from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle era. But COVID-19 has forced some changes to their plans.
Effigy of Kentucky Governor Displayed at Rally Near Capitol
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — News reports say an effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was hung in a tree near the state Capitol during a protest rally Sunday billed as… Read More
DeWine: Wearing Masks Shouldn’t be Political Issue
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says wearing masks while in public during the coronavirus pandemic should not be a political issue. DeWine was reacting on NBC’s “Meet… Read More
Minority Strike Force Team Unveils First Recommendations
By: Jennifer Merritt | WVXU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WVXU) — Cincinnati Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman, a member of Ohio’s Minority Strike Force team assembled during the COVID-19 pandemic, joined Gov. Mike DeWine’s Thursday briefing to reveal the… Read More
Trump and Biden Wage an Uneven Virtual Campaign
By: Asma Khalid | Tamara Keith | NPR
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The president with a major social media presence is facing a Democratic challenger with fewer digital resources. Biden’s strategy counts on real-world conditions overcoming Trump’s virtual dominance.
Ohio State Fair Canceled for 2020 Due to Coronavirus
By: Gabe Rosenberg | Paige Pfleger | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — This summer’s Ohio State Fair is the latest event to be scuttled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ohio Expositions Commission voted unanimously on Thursday morning to cancel the… Read More
WATCH: All 50 States Partially Reopen as CDC Quietly Releases its Guidelines
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — All 50 states have now taken some steps to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns. Their approaches vary, with only minor restrictions remaining in states like Texas, while New… Read More
Lake County Judge Rules Gyms Can Open Now
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lake County Common Pleas Judge Eugene Lucci has issued a preliminary injunction against the state’s public health order closing gyms and fitness centers. The attorneys representing… Read More
Another 99,000 Join Unemployed In Ohio Valley As U.S. Jobless Total Tops 38M
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The U.S. Department of Labor reported close to 99,000 additional unemployment insurance claims in the last week from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, as state unemployment offices worked their… Read More
Senate Rejects House Attempt to Scale Back Health Director Orders
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate unanimously rejected an Ohio House measure that would’ve scaled back the power of state public health orders. Senators blasted the House amendment,… Read More
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