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    Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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    Sen. Moreno tries to play dealmaker on health insurance subsidies
    Director of Photography Phillip Booth operates the camera on set of director Lana Read's new film, "Death for Dinner", at the historic home of Helen and Rick Stevens-Gleason in early morning hours Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio spends $50M a year subsidizing movies, theater: Critics give program a thumbs down
    The Ohio Statehouse in May 2023.
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    Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley, 56, was arraigned on multiple accounts Monday morning, Aug. 19, 2024, before a visiting judge in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    ‘I have learned from my mistakes’: Clerk of Courts Foley pleads guilty to misdemeanor...
    Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference on Monday, Dec. 1 at Dayton City Commission Office.  DeWine vetoed a bill that would have expanded the hours 14- and 15-year-old employees in Ohio can work. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    DeWine vetoes bill allowing workers under 16 to work until 9 p.m. during school year
    The cast of the new touring version of "Elf The Musical" preparing for its opening show on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Clark State Performing Arts Center.
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    Ohio spent $463K to bring Elf The Musical to the stage for three days
    The state is still intent on building a new mental health hospital on the former Hara Arena site in Trotwood and Harrison Twp. despite newly-voiced opposition from the Dayton Unit NAACP. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    Dayton NAACP opposes Hara Arena site for Ohio-run mental health hospital
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    Ohio House wants stiffer mandatory penalties for assault on correctional officers
    FILE — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, during an event of the 75th anniversary of NATO, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute in Washington, July 9, 2024. Eric Lee/The New York Times.
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    Rep. Turner voices concerns on alleged ‘double-tap’ strike against drug boat survivors
    The Ohio Statehouse in May 2023.
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    Ohio House votes to crack down on digital devices used in vehicle thefts
    An engine from Oxford Fire Department pulls out of their headquarters on S. Elm Street Monday, March 13, 2023. The Ohio legislature is putting $40 million in cash into a state fund that promises direct financial help for firefighters, police and EMS first responders who suffer from a post traumatic stress injury. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio legislature puts $40M toward PTSD assistance for first responders
    Senate Bill 56 could lead to local communities being paid sales tax for recreational marijuana sales. FILE PHOTO
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    Cities await dispensary kickbacks promised under Issue 2; legal fix looms
    The Dayton VA Medical Center in July 2025. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Dayton VA lost just 19 employees to early retirement/separation incentives
    Jim Erisman, a 99-year-old World War II veteran from Farmersville, was honored by the Ohio Senate on Nov. 19, 2025. He's joined on the Senate floor by his son, Jim Erisman, Jr., and Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City. Courtesy Matt Shadle, Ohio Senate.
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    Local WWII vet honored by Ohio Senate ahead of 100th birthday
    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. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
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    Tim Ryan opts to stay out of Ohio’s 2026 race for governor
    President Donald Trump speaks at the McDonald's Impact Summit, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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    Immigration enforcement, hemp and tariffs: Federal policy impacting southwest Ohio this...
    A legislative compromise on intoxicating hemp died on the vine Wednesday night in what might be the Ohio legislature’s final session of 2025, leaving the legal standing of the popular market lurching in limbo. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Ohio lawmakers reach intoxicating hemp, marijuana deal; awaits Senate vote
    The Ohio Statehouse in May 2023.
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    House Republicans tout plan to incentivize local governments to merge
    The Ohio legislature voted Wednesday to eliminate a four-day post-election grace period that allowed several thousand mail-in absentee ballots across the state to be counted in the 2024 presidential election, weeks after the state was threatened by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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    Ohio lawmakers vote to end 4-day grace period for mailed absentee ballots
    The Ohio House is set to consider a GOP-backed bill that would eliminate the state’s four day post-election grace period for mail-in absentee ballots to get delivered, a period that allowed hundreds of Miami Valley ballots to be counted in the 2024 presidential election. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    Ohio’s mail-in absentee ballot grace period on the chopping block following Senate vote
     An Ohio bill aims to address regulations for third-party ticket sellers. AP FILE
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    Ohio House bill proposes regulations on ticket selling platforms
    President Donald Trump displays the signed the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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    The government shutdown’s end and other federal actions impacting southwest Ohio this...
    A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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    Ohio receives guidance on full SNAP payments
    Ohio’s legal landscape on intoxicating hemp is muddled. State law reflects federal law, which legalized hemp-derived products in 2018, and neither statute has been updated to reflect developments in the industry that have made way for increasingly intoxicating hemp products. A ban signed by the governor has been temporarily blocked by a county court. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Federal budget bill’s intoxicating hemp ban will ‘significantly’ impact Ohio’s plan, GOP...
    Food stamp funds are deposited onto Ohio Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards, or Ohio Direction Cards, which are accepted at many stores across the region. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    Local families receiving partial SNAP benefits: ‘I’ve been so stressed’
    Central State University Board of Trustees Chair Jacqueline Y. Gamblin took questions from the Ohio Controlling Board on Nov. 10, 2025, regarding the university's appropriation requests.
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    Central State set to replace faulty fire alarm system in dorm, evaluate university...
    A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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    Ohio SNAP recipients expected to receive partial benefits this week
    Hara Arena being torn down in 2020. The site, located in Trotwood and Harrison Twp., is the state's preferred option to build the Miami Valley Behavioral Healthcare Center, and is set to be acquired for $2.5 million following a November 2025 vote by the Ohio Controlling Board.
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    State approves $2.5M to purchase Hara Arena site for $273M mental health hospital
    President Donald Trump meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Will you get a $2K Trump tariff dividend check? What you need to know
    U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Sept. 26 held by onMain ahead of construction of the first building on the former Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton. Turner helped bring the project to fruition. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Turner on shutdown: ‘We need to have government working’; Landsman opposes deal
    The Air Force Research Lab is based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. FILE.
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    Federal shutdown deal includes new Wright-Patterson lab project
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