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Local
Students and campus groups are condemning influencer Myron Gaines’ event at Ohio University, where he performed a Nazi salute and made discriminatory remarks about women, Black people, and the Jewish community. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New research from Ohio University found medication-assisted treatment for addiction is often not offered in primary care settings due to stigma and hesitation among physicians. (WOUB)
More than 1,200 AEP Ohio customers in Athens reported a power outage April 2 after a truck struck a low-hanging communication line that tangled with a power line. (The Post)
An Uptown hemp business has closed, following a state bill that banned the sale of intoxicating hemp products outside of licensed dispensaries. (The Post)
State
DuPont has been ordered to pay $65 million as part of a settlement over PFAS contamination from a manufacturing facility near Parkersburg along the Ohio River, where chemicals contaminated drinking water in nearby communities. Belmont, Gallia, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, and Washington counties will receive funding. (Office of the Governor of Ohio)
Ohio farmers head into planting season facing sharply rising fuel and fertilizer costs driven in part by global conflicts, with many warning the higher expenses will eventually raise food prices. (Statehouse News Bureau)
An American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio report found that at least 27 law enforcement agencies in Ohio have signed agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Statehouse News Bureau)
A proposed bill would expand food assistance delivery options for homebound Ohio seniors who cannot travel to pick up monthly food boxes. (Statehouse News Bureau)The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19 in Ohio; the ban remains in place while the case progresses in court. (The Buckeye Flame)
