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StateImpact Ohio

StateImpact Ohio is a collaboration among WCPN, WKSU, WOSU and NPR. Reporters Molly Bloom and Ida Lieszkovszky travel the state to report on the state of education in Ohio, where it’s heading and how it affects you. Read their reports on this site and listen to them on public radio stations across Ohio.

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Statehouse News Bureau

The Statehouse News Bureau provides educational, comprehensive coverage of legislation, elections, issues and other activities surrounding the Statehouse to Ohio's public radio and television stations.

Changing Gears

Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt is a multi-year project that will look at the future of the industrial Midwest, with a two fold mission: journalism and public engagement. Learn more and participate at the Changing Gears website now.

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• Originally Exempt From State Cuts, Wisconsin Police And Firefighters Now Face Changes Too
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U.S.

Washington State Lawmakers OK Gay Marriage
The vote comes a day after a court ruled California's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.

Counting The GOP Delegates, But Not Before They're Official
The NPR Delegate Tracker only counts delegates awarded unambiguously by party rule or state law.

Buoyant Santorum Takes Campaign To Texas — And Corrals Some Perry People
Fresh off victories in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, Rick Santorum took his campaign to Texas.

A New Weapon Against Nukes: Social Media
A State Department official wants to crowdsource the fight to control the world's nuclear weapons.

Detroit Schools' No. 1 Mission: Getting Kids To Class
Dismal attendance rates have put Detroit Public Schools at risk of losing vital state funding.

World

Israel Isn't Going To Attack Us, Iran's U.N. Ambassador Says
"The consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them," he says.

A New Weapon Against Nukes: Social Media
A State Department official wants to crowdsource the fight to control the world's nuclear weapons.

China's Demolition Derby Turns History Into Rubble
Old and now new buildings in Beijing are being demolished in the pursuit of quick profit.

In Russia, Punk-Rock Riot Girls Rage Against Putin
A feminist collective is expressing its anti-government protest in guerrilla performances.

Hamas, Palestinians Sign Unity Agreement
Robert Siegel speaks with Daoud Kuttab about the Hamas and the Palestinian unity agreement.

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