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This is just one of the recent pieces of legislation that would add more Christianity to the education system. - via @MorganTrau

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, says that an alleged follow-up strike against surviving boat passengers in the water after an initial strike would be illegal, if those reports are true.

An amendment to a federal appropriations bill working its way through Congress would pressure the U.S. DOJ to explain what it’s doing to address concerns about illegal labor practices by automotive glass producers tied to the Chinese Communist Party.

Tim Ryan, the Democratic former congressman from northeast Ohio perhaps best known for his unsuccessful 2022 U.S. Senate challenge against JD Vance, announced Friday that he won’t challenge his party’s gubernatorial front-runner Amy Acton.

The Ohio Senate passed a package of property tax reform measures on Wednesday that total roughly $3.8 billion in tax credits and school and local government revenue reductions.

A @journalnews investigation found Middletown city leaders are not enforcing city ordinances meant to hold owners of downtown vacant properties accountable.

The head of St. Vincent de Paul in Springfield says she asked Sen. Husted's office whether Haitians with asylum or asylum status pending when TPS expires would be “safe” from enforcement and was told, “... no, they’re not going to be safe here.”

Wright State University is poised to spend more than $2.2 million in legal expenses in its yearslong legal fight against its own former research funding arm, according to records obtained by the @daytondailynews

In November 2024, the grace period Ohio lawmakers want to eliminate allowed for 241 ballots to be counted in Butler County, 57 ballots to be counted in Clark County and 250 in Montgomery County, according to the local boards of elections.

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A $1.5M grant from the Cox Foundation will help support a new @daytonhistory exhibit honoring the late James M. Cox, whose influential imprint of entrepreneurship and leadership encompassed journalism and politics.

This story was updated to reflect that the federal intoxicating hemp ban did pass, and reaction from Ohio cannabis industry reps:

The former employee's attorney accuses Clerk Mike Foley of attempting to “weaponize the court system” ahead of Starline testifying in Foley’s criminal trial next month.

Carey said she isn’t sure when she’ll see a full payment, but she doesn’t feel like her government officials “care about the little people.” “They continue to be paid, build ballrooms and eat while other people are hungry,” she said.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Monday that it would start sending out payments up to 65% of a household’s normal maximum allotment as early as today.

The @daytondailynews analyzed federal lobbying disclosure forms to see who from our area is buying influence in the nation’s capital. Here are 5 key takeaways from our reporting.

Partial payments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are expected to come out as early as Wednesday, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - via @SydneyDawes

Monday’s approval all but confirms the site as the future home of the Miami Valley Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, which is set to become the seventh hospital of the sort in the state’s system - via @averykreemer

Will you get a $2K Trump tariff dividend check? What you need to know - via @SydneyDawes

.@RepMikeTurner on shutdown: ‘We need to have government working’; @GregLandsman opposes deal