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About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people drank water with dangerous levels of lead, degrading the intelligence of thousands of kids. New regulations, however, were going to be costly and [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — As household expenses outpace earnings, many Americans are expressing concern about their financial futures. For most people, household debt has either risen in the last year or has not gone away. While 2 in 3 Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, only about 1 in 4 [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy expanded at a 4.9 percent annual rate from July through September, according to a new federal government report. The Commerce Department said the economy expanded last quarter at the fastest pace in nearly two years — and more than twice the 2.1 percent annual rate of the previous quarter. [...]
In some states, higher-income families may now use taxpayer money to cover private-school tuition — and more people than projected are taking the offer, which might force scrambles to shore up state budgets. It's especially an issue in states like Arizona and Iowa, where at least some families whose children were already in private school [...]
Downtown Columbus’ office market has recovered well from the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in many employees working from home, but the market is still adjusting to a post-pandemic world, according to a local real estate consultant.  “In terms of where we are right now, we’re doing obviously a lot better than during the pandemic. Columbus, [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court. With momentum shifting in favor of research-backed strategies known as the "science of reading," some states and school districts have been ditching once popular programs amid concerns that they aren't effective. A legal fight in Ohio centers on a state ban [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators last week approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and some top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region's plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk. The project, known [...]
A South Korean company has begun production at a new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States. Qcells, a unit of South Korea's Hanwha Group, earlier this week said that it can now turn out enough solar [...]
An $11.5 million renovation of Ohio Wesleyan University’s central library and an expansion project at a Plain Township events facility are among the winners of the annual Columbus Chapter, American Institute of Architects (AIA Columbus) architecture awards. The winning entries include seven central Ohio projects and four out-of-state projects. Winners were selected from 51 entries, [...]
At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to ponder a not-too-distant future in which Sun Devils football and basketball players receive a cut from the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals. "I don't support that. And so are we preparing for [...]