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    Rep. Melanie Miller, R-Ashland, delivers a press conference on March 3, 2026, unveiling a bill to create a statewide tourism discount pass. Photo provided by the House majority caucus.
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    GOP lawmaker floats tourism pass to provide discounts for Ohioans, out of state residents
    A 2023 file photo of traffic on busy Northwoods Boulevard.
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    ODOT to weigh nearly $55M in Dayton-area road projects
    Middletown head football coach Kali Jones speaks to the team after their Division I State semifinal football game against St. Xavier Friday, Nov. 28, 2025 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. The Bombers won 21-6. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio House bill would block NIL deals for high school, junior high athletes
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    Property tax proposals carry $500M price tag, unlikely to get off the ground
    Montgomery County Board of Elections is located at 451 W. Third St. in Dayton. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Election 2026: 13 tax issues on Montgomery County May primary ballots
    Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, applauds a speaker during an event at the border with Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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    DHS asks Supreme Court for TPS decision in hopes to end protections for countries...
    Voters cast their ballots on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Elda Elementary School in Ross. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio legislature bans ranked choice voting
    Rep. Tom Young, R-Washington Twp., hosts a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, to promote a bill meant to strengthen the state's enforcement of Senate Bill 1. AVERY KREEMER / STAFF
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    Local lawmaker pushes bill to cut university funds over DEI noncompliance
    Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples with the lowest level of correctional officer staffing in Ohio. STAFF
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    150 female inmates transferred from Dayton prison amid staffing shortage
    FILE - This Sept. 19, 2014 file photo shows Chairman and CEO of Victoria's Secret parent L Brands Les Wexner touring the exhibit at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
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    Ohio politicians distance themselves from Wexner campaign donations
    FILE - The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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    Business leaders, politicians react to Supreme Court decision shutting off one avenue for...
    State Representative Rodney Creech speaks during a meeting with Butler County Commissioners to discuss property taxes with state legislators and other elected officials Monday, June 24, 2024 in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Local GOP House lawmaker given back committee posts after sexual misconduct allegations
    Legrand officials and well-wishers celebrate the opening on the its Union distribution center on Feb. 23, 2023. STAFF
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    Owner of local distribution center under state microscope for job creation incentives
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    ‘Life-changing decision’: Data center growth fuels fears in local communities
    
                        FILE – The sun sets behind power lines in Gaithersburg, Md., Oct. 23, 2020. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times)
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    Data centers driving up regional electric costs, study finds
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    Video: Passions run high as local town grapples with data center fears
    Bobby Angst, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 648 — which covers Butler County and much of Warren County — said proposed data centers represents hundreds of jobs for local unionized electrical workers. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Data centers get big tax breaks. Do they create jobs?
    Ohio State Rep. Willis Blackshear, Jr., D-Dayton, speaks at the Ohio House Democrats' Gun Violence Prevention Summit on Feb. 16, 2024.
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    Ohio lawmakers show bipartisan support for data center legislation
    The Great Miami River runs east of the city of Trenton, which could see a 1 million-square-foot data center. The data center would have to use city of Trenton water 100% of the time. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Impact of data centers on regional water supply ‘an emerging issue’
    Congressman Mike Turner speaks to delegates following the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Monday, May 26, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Turner, California lawmaker push back against Trump tariffs
    The Kyger Creek Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates on April 14, 2025, near Cheshire, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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    Consumers office urges state to reject $189M in coal plant electric charges
    Rep. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington, /as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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    Ohio Republicans press for action in Congress on ‘SAVE’ Act
    A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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    Local GOP senator credits ivermectin for treating his cancer, wants it available...
    Rep. Andrea White, R-Kettering, delivers a press conference on Feb. 5, 2026, touting her new bill that would streamline and modernize how law enforcement entities and courts report criminal data back to the Ohio attorney general. AVERY KREEMER / STAFF
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    Area House rep touts bill to modernize, streamline Ohio’s criminal reporting system...
    Several Montgomery County Sheriff's Office cruisers were staged outside Fuyao Glass America in Moraine Friday, July 26, 2024. FILE / STAFF
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    Ohio’s U.S. senators and senate hopeful express concerns about Fuyao
    The Ohio Statehouse in May 2023.
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    Ohio GOP bill would defund public school districts that fight voucher expansion
    Viles Dorsainvil, the co-founder and executive director of the Haitian Community Help & Support Center in Springfield, spoke at a community event in Springfield on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in support of extending temporary protected status for Haiti. Dorsainvil and his brother are plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's cancellation of TPS for Haitians. He stood next to Geoff Pipoly, lead counsel in a federal court case in Washington, DC. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    Haiti TPS: Judge denies stay request, says DHS has Springfield TPS holders’ addresses
    Aerial view of homes in the Dayton View Historic District with Dayton skyline in the background Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. NICK GRAHAM VIA DRONE/STAFF
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    ‘You can’t just hoard homes’: State lawmaker, Trump call to curb investor home buying...
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    In Dayton-area ‘hotspots’, investors bought up 30% of homes, new Fed data shows
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    Sherrod Brown in Dayton: Cost of living crisis hurting Ohio businesses, big and small
    FILE — Thomas Jefferson’s annotated copy of the Declaration of Independence, on display in “The Polonsky Exhibition of the New York Public Library’s Treasures” at the Manhattan library, Jan. 28, 2019. Leonard Polonsky, a philanthropist who funded the arts and helped make significant historical artifacts and documents available to the public, including Sir Isaac Newton’s early papers and a letter from Christopher Columbus’s maiden voyage, died on March 14, 2025, at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
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    TPS Haiti: Attorneys for Haitians push back on DHS request to let protections expire as...
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