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DeWine Calls for $775 Million in State Budget Cuts
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on a $775 million budget reduction over the next two months, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a “profound” impact on the state’s… Read More
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6 Ways College Might Look Different In The Fall
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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Colleges have been careful to leave the door open on their plans for the fall semester. Most experts say it will be anything but normal. Here’s a sampling of how it could look.
![A woman passes a closed Social Security Administration office in Los Angeles in 2013. Some 53,000 of the agency's workers are now working from home.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-182607239-7578e21e792399ae566a8f0e4f3a03b897e628a2-scaled-e1588689672895-900x422.jpg)
For These Federal Employees, Telework Means Productivity Is Up, Their Backlog Is Down
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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Some 53,000 of the Social Security Administration’s employees are working from home. And the agency’s backlog of pending cases has fallen by 11% since March 23.
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WATCH: The U.S.-China Rhetorical War Over COVID-19
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The rhetorical war between the U.S. and China is growing more aggressive by the day. Now, the Trump White House is boosting a theory that the novel… Read More
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Coal and COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — Underground coal miners start their shifts getting changed in closely packed changing rooms. They ride rail cars to their worksite, shoulder-to-shoulder, sometimes for more than an… Read More
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W. Va. City to Give Employees Bonus for Work Amid Virus
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — City officials in West Virginia say city employees will get a one-time extra payment for continuing to work with the public during the coronavirus pandemic. Huntington… Read More
![A nearly empty parking lot at a shopping area on the northeast side of Columbus in April 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC_0014-e1588629317240-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio Employers Can Now Report Workers Who Refuse to Return for Reopening
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state has paid out more than $1.7 billion to over a half a million jobless Ohioans in the last seven weeks. And while 85… Read More
![Signs are displayed in the window of a store in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. The Paycheck Protection Program, aimed at helping small businesses survive the coronavirus crisis, has been beset by problems.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ap_20118739033952-4b102138627cca4bae94a67281c28f58a4fc32cf-scaled-e1588611101547-900x422.jpg)
How the Small Business Loan Program Went Wrong in Just 4 Weeks
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | Jim Zarroli | Laura Sullivan | Cheryl W. Thompson | Bill Chappell | Graham Smith | Pallavi Gogoi | NPR
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Not-so-small companies like Shake Shack and organizations like the LA Lakers were able to get loans that were meant for suffering small businesses. What happened?
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Ohio Prioritizes Coronavirus Testing, DeWine Comments on Protesters
By: Lydia Taylor | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 press conference Monday started out with a moment of silence to remember the four Kent State students who lost their lives 50 years… Read More
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WATCH: Why Your Dreams May Have Been More Vivid During the Outbreak
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Deirdre Barrett is a Harvard University professor and an expert on dreaming who has studied the science of dreams for three decades. And with societal anxieties heightened… Read More
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Ohio Farmers Hit Hard by Pandemic
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is among the top states for several agricultural crops and for food production and processing. But while farming is considered an essential business under… Read More
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Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Curb DeWine’s Power with Public Health Orders
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Manufacturing, construction and distribution companies can reopen today, with employees wearing masks and observing cleaning and social distancing rules. State lawmakers are also coming back… Read More
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Community Social Media Page Brings Awareness for Lockdown Mental Health
By: Madelyn Young
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A society that lives on constant connection and communication is still trying to cope with the restrictive regulations of COVID-19. This pandemic continues to evolve at a rapid pace and… Read More
![Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day speaks at a meeting with President Trump and members of the White House coronavirus task force on March 2.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gilead_oday_ap_20063768810585-fb2def61689c244c27d64d2688038272d27ed0e4-scaled-e1588436641283-900x422.jpg)
Gilead Lobbying Rose As Interest In COVID-19 Treatment Climbed
By: Sydney Lupkin | NPR
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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of remdesivir for patients with severe cases of COVID-19. Drugmaker Gilead Sciences’ lobbying hit a new high in the first quarter.
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Ohio University Begins Layoffs With 140 Union Workers, Furloughs Likely
By: Allison Hunter
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Days after Ohio University’s president sent Tuesday’s Persevering In Uncertain Times email, certain faculty, staff, and students came to understand the gravity of his message. By… Read More
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DeWine Forms Working Groups for Next Reopening Phase
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is taking the first step in slowly reopening businesses, beginning with health care procedures and work at dentists’ and veterinarians’ offices. Gov. Mike DeWine says companies… Read More
![The observation tower at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, which is one of only four prisons not in quarantine for COVID-19. It's a maximum security facility and inmates are housed in cells.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC_0022-e1588435239193-900x422.jpeg)
Prison Workers Union says COVID-19 is Creating Chaotic Conditions
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — 23 percent of all confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio are prison workers or inmates, and 31 inmates and workers have died. Ohio is the… Read More
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Ohio COVID-19 Deaths Reach 1,000 as State Readies to Ease Restrictions
By: Nick Castele | WCPN
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCPN) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday asked for public confidence in his plan to ease restrictions on businesses as the state recorded its thousandth probable COVID-19… Read More
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Retail Businesses Can Start Offering Curbside Pickup on Saturday
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The order from Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton allows retail establishments to offer “curbside pickup, delivery or appointment-only” service beginning May 2. Customers… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms Fourth COVID-19 Case
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has confirmed the fourth positive case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The Athens City-County Health Department announced the case is the only… Read More
![Alexis Jones committed to going to Cornell University in the fall. "I don't know how to feel," she says, "because I don't know if I'm going immediately in the fall with this pandemic and everything."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/alexis1_d7a9745_lessyellow-592e91bb7ed24c646f0e2ba4326b6acd64796460-scaled-e1588346548834-900x422.jpg)
For Aspiring College Students, Pandemic Has Created ‘Debilitating’ Uncertainty
By: Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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It’s unclear what college will look like in the fall, but students and families are having to make decisions now, despite worries about financial aid, travel and a highly contagious disease.
![Protestors marched at the Statehouse on April 20, many carrying signs saying businesses should be able to reopen.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/protest_every_business_is_essential-e1588348053982-900x422.jpeg)
As Some Business Openings Start, DeWine Warns Others Not to Go Early
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has extended the stay-at-home order expiring May 1 to 11:59pm on May 29. But hospitals can start performing some non-emergency procedures Friday, and… Read More
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DeWine Announces “Stay Safe Ohio” Order Through May 29
By: Nick Houser | WOSU
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UPDATE (2:15 p.m.) Gov. Mike DeWine said during his Friday press conference that the new order is a “Stay Safe Ohio” order, not a Stay-At-Home order. “Social distancing and face coverings… Read More
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Dental Hygienists say they’re Worried About Work, but Dentists Say it’s Safe
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Dentists can resume office procedures on Friday, after being shut down last month to preserve personal protective equipment for health care workers fighting COVID-19. But some… Read More
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Ohio Corrections Director Outlines How Prisons are Coping in this Pandemic
By: Jennifer Merritt | WVXU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WVXU) — Gov. Mike DeWine used his Thursday briefing on coronavirus in Ohio to provide some insight into what the state’s prisons are doing to battle the pandemic… Read More
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