By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Apr 23, 2020 5:46PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 1 million people have filed unemployment claims in the past five weeks as Ohio’s stay-at-home order cont…
AP, Report for America to put 17 journalists in statehouses
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press and Report for America are hiring 17 journalists to boost the AP’s statehouse coverage. The journalists will cover beats including climate change, public hea…
Paper mill is back in business after dramatic explosion
JAY, Maine (AP) — A paper mill disabled by a dramatic explosion caught on video last week has resumed production with two of its three paper machines, officials said Thursday. The restart of Pixelle S…
Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Derided by many economists for years for insisting on a balanced budget and criticized for a health care system seen as bloated and overly expensive, Ger…
New virus timeline: California had 2 deaths weeks earlier
By JANIE HAR and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two people with the coronavirus died in California as much as three weeks before the U.S. reported its first death from the disease i…
AP-NORC poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a ne…
Many small businesses say loans won’t get them to rehire
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some small businesses that obtained a highly-coveted government loan say they won’t be able to use it to bring all their laid-off workers b…
COVID-19 Update: Elective Surgery Order, Mental Health CareLine
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ELECTIVE SURGERY ORDE…
Financial pressure from virus shutters Urbana University
URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Urbana University will be permanently closing its campus, making it the first Ohio college to fold as a result of financial pressure from the coronavirus pandemic. The university…
SBA reports data breach in disaster loan application website
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of small business owners reeling from the aggressive measures taken to halt the spread of the coronavirus may have had their personal…