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Josh Sweigart is a member of our I-Team. An Ohio native, Sweigart holds a degree from Wright State University and has lived and worked in the Miami Valley for years.


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Ohio bill boosting fraud penalties riles businesses

7:47 PM Friday, January 27, 2012

State lawmakers passed a measure this week to better protect public employees who blow the whistle on fraud, waste and abuse; but another bill that would actually encourage whistle-blowers is facing stiff opposition from the business community.

Ohio bill aims to help workers report fraud

12:36 AM Thursday, January 26, 2012

Ohio lawmakers have taken a step to strengthen whistle-blower protections in an effort to get more public employees to report fraud, waste and abuse.

State ends Medicaid contracts with companies involved in care of dead teen

12:02 PM Tuesday, January 10, 2012

DAYTON — State officials announced they would end Medicaid contracts worth tens of millions of dollars with the two private companies responsible for the care and oversight of 14-year-old Makayla Norman of Dayton, who died March 1 of medical and nutritional neglect.

Starvation case shows abuse in state system

9:33 PM Saturday, January 7, 2012

DAYTON — In the year leading up to 14-year-old Makayla Norman starving to death in her home, the home care agency responsible for feeding her received nearly $1 million in Medicaid funds caring for Makayla and 112 other disabled clients.

Two Ohio projects named 'wasteful’ for taxpayers

8:28 PM Thursday, December 22, 2011

A federal lawmaker this week named two Ohio projects among “the most egregious ways... taxpayer dollars were wasted” this year.

FCC urges state officials, others to address phone fraud

11:58 PM Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Federal Communications Commission this week urged officials in Ohio and other states to start taking a stronger role in addressing fraud in a federal program that provides free cellphones and discounted land lines to low-income households.

Phone plan being abused

12:03 AM Monday, November 28, 2011

Companies are flooding low-income households with free cellphones and minutes under a plan overseen by the federal government that is prone to abuse, a Hamilton JournalNews investigation has found.

Over 26,000 Ohioans abusing free cell phone plan

8:20 PM Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Companies are flooding low-income households with free cell phones and minutes under a plan overseen by the federal government that is prone to abuse, a Dayton Daily News investigation has found.

Police at OSU paid more than $1M in overtime

1:58 AM Sunday, September 25, 2011

Two Ohio State University police officers worked so many extra shifts in 2010 that their overtime pay was thousands more than their base salaries, pushing their total compensation over $165,000 each, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.

Coaches, execs top president salaries

1:44 AM Thursday, September 1, 2011

Despite calling the shots, the presidents of local public colleges and universities are often not the highest-paid people at their school.

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