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When "Morning Edition" host Amy Eddings was a kid, she longed for an owners' manual for life, with chapters on how to make friends and how to get your brothers to stop bugging you. The podcast "We Got You" aims to be that kind of a guide.

The November election brought mixed results when it came to local school levies. Renewals passed easily, but some additional levies faced bigger challenges. At least one district is crossing its fingers that its razor thin margin holds while absentee ballots trickle in. Morning Edition Host Amy Eddings spoke with ideastream’s education reporter Jenny Hamel. So, how would you characterize what you’re seeing this November?

Universities in Northeast Ohio are welcoming students back to class, but the coronavirus is still very much a threat. Governor Mike DeWine says 40 percent of coronavirus cases last week were among college age adults. He linked the spike to the restart of schools. All Things Considered host Tony Ganzer spoke with ideastream’s Jenny Hamel about local universities’ efforts to control COVID-19. You talked with the president of Oberlin College, which started its academic year this week. What are they doing in terms of coronavirus testing?

John Carroll University is in the process of updating its faculty handbook, but what seems like a routine piece of university business has caused an uproar among the faculty. ideastream's Ida Lieszkovszky spoke with Morning Edition host Amy Eddings about the proposed changes and concerns. What's going on at John Carroll University with the proposed faculty handbook?

Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to issue guidelines for reopening Ohio K-12 schools this week. But the huge task of figuring out how to educate students while keeping them safe falls on each individual school district and, unsurprisingly, it’s raising a lot of concerns. “All Things Considered” Host Tony Ganzer spoke with ideastream Education Reporter Jenny Hamel about what schools could look like when they reopen in the fall.

A showdown may be coming on the meaning of religious freedom, and LGBT advocates fear anti-discrimination protections could be weakened as a result.

On Sunday an Amtrak passenger train seemingly traveling on the wrong track, crashed into a freight train and derailed in South Carolina, killing the Amtrak engineer and a conductor.

Consumers didn't keep up with the blistering pace of spending, which meant slower economic growth. But recently, growth has tended to pick up momentum later in the year.

The measure pushes the next threat of a shutdown to the Friday before Christmas, setting up a possible showdown over immigration and defense spending as Congress is trying to leave for the holidays.