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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine: Reopening State Demands A 'Nuanced Balance'

"No one is more anxious to do that than I am," DeWine told NPR, after protesters gathered to demand the state's coronavirus restrictions lifted. "But we also have to do it in a rational way."

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Urged by President Trump, states across the country are beginning to eye the next phase of their response to the coronavirus: the cautious process of lifting their widespread restrictions, piece by piece, and returning to a semblance of daily life before the pandemic settled in. But how should that happen —

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