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Josh Sweigart reports about Butler County, Ohio, politics, county government, countywide issues and Butler County people just like you for Cox Ohio Publishing (including the Hamilton JournalNews, Middletown Journal and several weekly papers in Butler County). He wants your suggestions and questions for more news stories. Leave a comment for him here or e-mail Josh at jsweigart@coxohio.com.

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• Combs introduces indigent defense legislation
• Lakota school district officials testify on school rating, all-day kindergarten plans
• State Rep. Combs on canceled income tax decrease
• County leaders back casino issue
• Combs blames House Democrats for stalling nursing home sexual predator bill
• State Rep. Combs: Feds have overstepped their bounds
• Sen. Cates, Sheriff Jones put forth bill to allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws
• Video of Jean Schmidt, 'birther' at VOA Tea Party rally
• Tea Party rally update
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Statewide issues

October 29, 2009

• Combs introduces indigent defense legislation

October 24, 2009

• Lakota school district officials testify on school rating, all-day kindergarten plans

October 22, 2009

• State Rep. Combs on canceled income tax decrease

October 2, 2009

• County leaders back casino issue

September 29, 2009

• Combs blames House Democrats for stalling nursing home sexual predator bill
• State Rep. Combs: Feds have overstepped their bounds

September 22, 2009

• Sen. Cates, Sheriff Jones put forth bill to allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws

September 11, 2009

• Video of Jean Schmidt, 'birther' at VOA Tea Party rally

September 1, 2009

• Tea Party rally update

August 31, 2009

• Butler County roundup - Tea Parties, trains and Jolivette

August 22, 2009

• Tea Party predicts massive turnout at VOA park

August 15, 2009

• Ohio Secretary of State to visit Oxford

August 4, 2009

• David Pepper to speak to local Democratic PAC

July 14, 2009

• Local lawmaker on state budget

July 13, 2009

• County suspends programs because of state budget crisis
• Local impacts of state's stalled budget

July 10, 2009

• Rep. Combs: Boycott Krispy Kreme?

July 9, 2009

• Proposed state cuts a blow to local social services

June 10, 2009

• Combs: State budget short $1 billion, maybe more

June 8, 2009

• Derickson to hold community conversation on faith-based and community initiatives

May 26, 2009

• Derickson on career college funding

May 21, 2009

• Boehner: State needs better oversight of stimulus funds

May 20, 2009

• Miss Ohio, medical community back youth tanning ban

May 19, 2009

• Butler County roundup - courts, buses, jobs, immigrants, etc.

May 13, 2009

• Immigration bill backed by sheriff, local lawmaker part of contentious national effort

May 6, 2009

• Combs aims to ban teen tanning

April 26, 2009

• County: State cuts put elderly at risk

April 22, 2009

• Combs introduces legislation to ban red light cameras

April 20, 2009

• Butler County roundup - Food stamp errors, Children Services

April 16, 2009

• Boehner blasts Strickland for 'transportation slush fund'

March 3, 2009

• Combs re-submits animal cruelty bill

February 18, 2009

• Combs takes on double-dipping, corpse abuse and attempts to memorialize McClosky

February 9, 2009

• The return of E-Check?

February 6, 2009

• Cates holds sway on education reform

February 4, 2009

• Local reps get committee assignments

February 2, 2009

• Local reps await committee assignments
• Strickland releases state budget

January 14, 2009

• Will the rookies fix the state budget crisis?

January 13, 2009

• State unemployment fund runs dry

December 2, 2008

• Cates fights for funding fix for fast-growing schools

November 20, 2008

• Combs reels in property tax plan

November 13, 2008

• Combs wins passage of county recorder bill

October 31, 2008

• Ohio Chamber releases endorsements

October 14, 2008

• Combs to call for statewide property value decrease

October 7, 2008

• Combs v. Keith for state House

September 30, 2008

• Dems say Cates lied on resume

September 22, 2008

• Pipeline of conflict

September 13, 2008

• Local lawmaker to up mileage reimbursements for court witnesses

September 4, 2008

• Now that's wish fulfillment - sick leave issue dropped

September 2, 2008

• Additional details on today's topics

August 28, 2008

• Cates urges local business owners to attend regulatory reform meeting
• Butler County may join voting machine lawsuit

August 26, 2008

• Brunner issues voting machine security directive

August 22, 2008

• Voting machine vendor owns up to error

August 15, 2008

• Cates trying to keep DHL in Wilmington

August 13, 2008

• State looks to Butler County for voting machine, election petition problems

August 1, 2008

• Combs wants stiffer penalties for corpse abuse
• What's it cost to get by in Butler, Warren counties

July 30, 2008

• VOA Museum receives a boost from the state

July 16, 2008

• November ballot shaping up

July 7, 2008

• Teaching groups support Democrat Klimek for Ohio House

June 9, 2008

• DeWine declines AG run

May 30, 2008

• Combs says bill will improve county purchasing power

May 29, 2008

• Groups to oppose immigration enforcement law

May 28, 2008

• Sheriff Jones blasts DeWine as AG nominee

May 27, 2008

• Local GOP prominent to help pick challenger for Dann's seat
• Cates takes on county reform bill

May 24, 2008

• Butler County cited as example of need for county government reform

May 21, 2008

• Auditor testifies in Columbus

May 20, 2008

• Cates ushers Crohn's disease awareness bill

May 6, 2008

• Strickland: Step down Dann

April 22, 2008

• Lt. Gov. coming to West Chester

April 21, 2008

• Food stamps, senior citizens and the state budget

April 16, 2008

• Cates spurs Senate to enforce immigration laws