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In Jim White's drumming, there's a restless wonder. On this 8 Tracks, we lead off with a sprawling rocker by his band Dirty Three, but also feature new music by Chappell Roan and Amber Mark.

The U.S. Census Bureau releases new data that shows the number of Americans living in poverty rose last year by 1.3 million people. The number of people without health insurance also rose, according to the report. Hear NPR's Kathleen Schalch.

Thursday night was the final time Republican Central Ohio Representative, Mike Oxley, took the field as the manager of house republicans in the annual…

A new independent public opinion poll is sparking a lot of buzz in campaigns for and against the casino ballot issue. Sponsored by Ohio newspapers and…

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., about her thoughts regarding the final tax overhaul legislation. She had concerns about it initially.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine spent last week fielding questions about when he first learned that FirstEnergy had paid a $4.3 million bribe to the man who later became the state’s top utility regulator. We talk about the growing FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal on the Weekly Reporter Roundtable.

In what's been hailed as a major victory by reform advocates, last week the Ohio Supreme Court in a pair of 4-3 rulings held that Ohio's congressional district maps, as well as the maps for the state legislature, were unconstitutional. We are taking a look at what the rulings mean for redistricting in Ohio.

President Bush sends Congress his final budget — a $3.1 trillion proposal for fiscal 2009. The plan purports to balance the budget by 2012, while not counting war costs or another inevitable fix to the alternative minimum tax. Congress is expected to put up a fight — or just wait for the next president.

Jake Reiss, owner of Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, Ala., recommends James McBride's Kill 'Em and Leave, Don Keith's Mattie C.'s Boy and Joshua Hammer's The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu.

Dayton's annual Pride events kick off Friday with Affair On The Square, a downtown food truck rally. To learn more about what to expect over the next...