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Mask requirement in classrooms on OU’s Athens campus returns Monday as county reaches High COVID-19 community level
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University will require masks on the Athens campus starting Monday in classrooms, labs, studios, clinical settings, other learning spaces and its Child Development Center based on… Read More
Advocates call on Ohio leaders to put $308M of federal relief funds into affordable housing
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of homelessness and housing advocates are calling on state leaders to put $308 million — from federal COVID-19 relief funds — into… Read More
Ohio housing market begins to ‘plateau’ but demand puts pressure on limited apartment rentals
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The demand for houses in Ohio is starting to level off, with a dip in sales and a smaller increase in the average price,… Read More
200 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Athens County for Aug. 19-25
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 17,310 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 200 additional cases were reported since last week’s update…. Read More
Columbus school board, teachers’ union reach “conceptual agreement” to end strike
By: Matthew Rand | WOSU
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Columbus school board and the district’s teachers’ union have reached a “conceptual agreement” to end the strike that began Monday. The Columbus Education Association said… Read More
What the federal student loan forgiveness plan means for borrowers in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Kalesha Scott, of Dayton, said the student loan forgiveness plan is good news. She knows firsthand how difficult it can be to pay back… Read More
You could be missing out on unclaimed funds. Here’s how to check if you’re owed money
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — Ohio is sitting on $3.6 billion belonging to Ohioans who likely don’t know they’re missing it. The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds is tasked… Read More
Why teachers from one of Ohio’s largest school districts are on strike
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (NPR) — When children in the Columbus, Ohio, education system start their school year this Wednesday, they will likely be doing so online, as the school district’s nearly… Read More
Ohio Ballot Board approves language for two statewide issues while opponents decide next moves
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It took the Ohio Ballot Board more than two hours to approve language for two statewide issues that voters could see when they vote… Read More
OSU study on extremely premature births raises concerns about racial disparity and abortion bans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new study from Ohio State University — published in the Journal of the American Medical Association — shows births before 26 weeks of… Read More
GOP leaders dispute timeline for new congressional map as groups say lawmakers missed deadline
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voting rights groups and community organizers are clashing with Republican legislators over the timeline issued by the Ohio Supreme Court for a new congressional… Read More
Ohio House Democrats seeking ‘integrity’ law for statewide officeholders
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio Legislature are sponsoring a bill that would ban statewide officeholders from receiving compensation for private employment while serving their elected… Read More
Ohio teachers’ pension fund loses money, gives ‘performance incentives’ to investment staff
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has voted to pay nearly $10 million in what it’s calling “performance incentives” to around 90 investment… Read More
An Ohio man is dead after an accident at a West Virginia coal mine
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say a coal miner has died in an accident at a northern West Virginia underground mine. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and… Read More
Ratepayers are seeing credits on electric bills after paying for controversial coal plant subsidies
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two coal plants, that have needed hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from Ohio ratepayers, have churned out a profit in the last… Read More
![Remnants of the COVID-19 Pandemic are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/071321_CovidStock_0274-scaled-e1626730172468-900x422.jpg)
Two COVID-related deaths have been reported in Athens County, along with 171 new cases for Aug. 12-18
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 149 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after two were added to the total Thursday. The… Read More
States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHIGNTON, D.C. (NPR) — Nearly two dozen states have moved to restrict abortion or ban it altogether since the reversal of Roe v. Wade — meaning more people, especially those… Read More
Ohio Republican lawmaker proposes bill to create safety protection orders, other gun reforms
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio Republican state senator is proposing a five-point plan to change gun laws that includes a court-ordered gun seizure mechanism, a co-signer requirement… Read More
Two ex-fraternity members at Bowling Green get six weeks of jail for hazing death
By: Associated Press
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Two former fraternity members in Ohio have been sentenced to six weeks in jail over the hazing death of a student. The two men were… Read More
An audit shows college credits earned by high school students saved Ohio families $163M last year
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The program that allows students to earn college credits while they’re still in high school saved Ohio families $163 million in higher education costs… Read More
J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan square off on electric vehicle measures in new federal climate change plan
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The candidates for the U.S. Senate race in Ohio are offering different takes on the new federal plan that puts $369 billion into the… Read More
Republican governor announces money for grant program from federal package opposed by GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is putting $42 million in additional funds toward local efforts to reduce crime in a program started last year. The… Read More
An Ohio organization is No. 2 in Native American artifacts required to be returned by federal law. What’s being done?
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WVXU) — A federal law from 1990 requires institutions like museums and universities that receive federal funding to return Native American artifacts — things like hundreds of thousands… Read More
Gov. DeWine and Lt. Gov. Husted react to the violent attempt to breach the Cincinnati FBI office
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican team running for re-election as Ohio governor and lieutenant governor have made their first comments about the attempted violent attack on the… Read More
More than 1,700 people evacuated from Afghanistan have resettled in Ohio in the last year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One year ago today, the Taliban took over Afghanistan, and since that time, more than 67,000 people from Afghanistan have come to the United… Read More
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