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Ohio nurses, legislators warn of pending crisis

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 Rosalie Murphy

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab The Ohio Nurses Association has undertaken a so-called Code Red campaign to call attention to

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Ohio’s Older Adults Need Mental Health Support, Experts Say

May 22, 2024May 21, 2024 Rosalie Murphy

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab According to the Ohio Department of Aging’s Summary Assessment of Older Adults, deaths by suicide

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Workplace policies begin to evolve after Ohio legalizes cannabis use

May 9, 2024June 3, 2024 Rosalie Murphy

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab Though it is now legal for Ohioans to use cannabis, the 2023 passage of Issue

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After East Palestine derailment, efforts to improve railroad safety regulations creep along

December 29, 2023December 27, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Sophie Young, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream The train derailment in East Palestine in February was high-profile because of its environmental

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East Palestine, other train derailments reveal value of first responder training

December 28, 2023December 27, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Sophia Lucente, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream When a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3, the village’s

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East Palestine, neighboring communities adapt to life after environmental disaster

December 22, 2023December 27, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Sophie Young, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream In February 2023, Hilary Flint was living with her grandmother in Enon Valley, Penn.,

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Hazardous materials from East Palestine disposed of at facilities across the country

December 19, 2023December 18, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Grace Springer, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream Jeff Drummond’s house was less than a football field away from the site where

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Norfolk Southern deploys high-speed inspection portal near East Palestine. Some say more is needed

December 15, 2023December 27, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Mariah Alanskas, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream About 20 minutes from East Palestine in Leetonia, Ohio, Norfolk Southern trains speed through

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Some East Palestine residents still displaced eight months after derailment

October 3, 2023October 2, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Grace Springer/Kent State NewsLab Candy Kiehl has lived in the same home in East Palestine her entire life. The

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Expanded LGBTQ+ resource center coming to Akron

August 26, 2023August 28, 2023 Rosalie Murphy

By Nathalia Teixeira/Kent State NewsLab Akron’s Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center is expanding through a new partnership with Equitas Health.

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