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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered the amount contributed to his campaign from FirstEnergy to be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs after the utility agreed to a historic $230 million penalty to resolve federal charges that it was involved in a bribery scheme to pass a state bailout of nuclear power plants. FILE

DeWine directs campaign to give FirstEnergy donations to Boys and Girls Clubs

Walt Davis of Warren County was appointed to the state school board by Gov. Mike DeWine in June 2021. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

From Pentagon to roller coasters to education: Local man joins state school board

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, was one of five GOP picks by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for the Democrat-led Jan. 6 select committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Rep. Jim Jordan named to Jan. 6 select committee

A death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Why area Republicans sponsored bills to abolish Ohio’s death penalty

Search the database: See how much local businesses got from $28.6B federal restaurant...

New Ohio law says schools can’t enforce current CDC guidance

Local schools face mask decisions amid new COVID guidance: Here’s what they’re saying

Data breaches on track for record this year as Ohio bill hopes to create ‘data rights’

Explainer: If you work from home, could you get a 2021 tax refund?

Former U.S. attorney David DeVillers is leading Ohio's effort to recover fraudulent unemployment payouts.

Ohio recovers $150M in fraud overpayments; can it recoup the rest?

Kathleen Wiant speaks about her son Collin, a college student who died as a result of hazing, during a news conference Tuesday before Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, signed an anti-hazing law. Also pictured are Collin's father Wade Wiant and at right, Shari and Cory Foltz, the parents of Stone Foltz, who also died in a hazing incident. THE OHIO CHANNEL

New Ohio law increases penalties for hazing following deaths at Ohio University, Bowling...

Good Shepherd Academy center toddlers sing a walking song as they walk the hallway at the Jubilee Community Church in Springboro. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Ohio’s child care system lowers bar on quality

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine discusses details of the state's two-year, $75 billion budget, flanked by members of his cabinet and by state lawmakers, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine signed the budget into law early Thursday, July 1, 2021 but also vetoed several provisions, including one which would have returned fines to businesses cited for violating public health orders meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. DeWine said such a move was unfair to the vast majority of companies that followed the rules. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Most area taxpayers to benefit from state tax cuts; here’s how much you might save

Dayton Daily News Reporter Josh Sweigart is one of many Ohioans whose identity was used to fraudulently file for unemployment.

Unemployment fraud-fighting efforts reveal scope of fraud attempts in Ohio

DeWine praises budget, explains decisions on vetoes

J.D. Vance: 7 things to know about the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author and U.S. Senate candidate

J.D. Vance announced his bid for the U.S. Senate during an event at Middletown Tube in Middletown on Thursday, July 1, 2021. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance announces bid for U.S. Senate in hometown of...

Images that appear to show Timothy Allen Hart of Huber Heights Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol were included in criminal complaint against him filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Huber Heights man 5th in area charged in Capitol riot

State school superintendent DeMaria retiring

The Ohio Statehouse

$74 billion state budget heads to DeWine for signature, vetoes

Ohio meets ‘urgent deadline’ as DeWine signs executive order on name, image, likeness...

School report card reform bill heads to governor

Proposed statehouse bill could change child custody in divorce cases

State rejects protest to new Ohio Medicaid system

Senator Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg) and Ohio State football coach Ryan Day (right). Day testified Tuesday in support of the name, image and likeness bill introduced by Antani. That bill was passed by the Senate on Wednesday. CONTRIBUTED

Sports-related bills sponsored by area lawmaker passed by Ohio Senate

The AR-15 used by Connor Betts Sunday morning to kill nine people in the Oregon District.

Should gun accessory used in Dayton mass shooting be regulated?

$Members of the Dayton & Montgomery County Public Health, prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination clinic Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at the Sinclair College Centerville, located at 5800 Clyo Rd. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Proposed law would broadly weaken Ohio vaccine requirements beyond COVID-19

Ohio schools still sticking point as House, Senate head to final budget stages

A Fairview Elementary teacher welcomes students back to school and reviews COVID-19 protocols with them before beginning class on Monday, March 1st.

Educators: Ohio bills seeking to ban teachings about racism are breach of local control

Davidson addresses gun control at Butler County town hall: What he said

State Rep. Andrea White, R-Kettering, represents House District 41, which includes Centerville, Kettering, Oakwood and portions of Dayton and Riverside.

Kettering state rep introduces Ohio crime victims ‘bill of rights’

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, in her bid to become Ohio governor, released a plan Tuesday, June 1, 2020 that she says would dismantle the “culture of corruption” in state politics.

Dayton mayor proposes plan to combat ‘culture of corruption’ in state government

Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, favors direct funding of charters schools and voucher programs, but opposes some other pieces of the House's Fair School Funding Plan.

Ohio Senate to launch own school funding plan today

Butler County firefighters seen in a Aug. 9, 2011 photograph after using firefighting foam to extinguish a tar fire. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Bill outlawing use of firefighting foam with ‘forever chemicals’ clears House

A pile of "I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" stickers waits for students and adults to get their vaccine shot Monday at a vaccine clinic at Shawnee High School.

Waste of money or strategic incentive? Reactions to Ohio’s $1M vaccine lottery

A man walks by as betting odds for NFL football's Super Bowl 55 are displayed on monitors at the Circa resort and casino sports book, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Republican state senators behind new push to legalize sports gambling in Ohio

Franklin Mayor Brent Centers, center, makes his formal announcement to run for Congress before family and friends at Camp Chautauqua. Centers, who is also the Hamilton Twp. administrator, is seeking to run for the current 1st Congressional District seat, now held by U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot. ED RICHTER/STAFF

Franklin mayor announces bid for Congress

Michael Leipold

Xenia political newcomer wants to replace Rob Portman in U.S. Senate

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) look on. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Ohio leaders react to Biden’s first address to Congress

Nick Latessa, an elections operation supervisor at the Montgomery County Board of Elections, demonstrates voting technology on Wednesday during a visit by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. CHRIS STEWART / STAFF

Ohio Republicans to introduce debated 12-point voting legislation: What it would do

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Cincinnati, represents Warren County in Congress. (Photo by Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images)

Feds: Former consultant embezzled $1.4M from Chabot Congressional campaign

Governor Mike DeWine speaks to members of the media as he tours the vaccination clinic at New Carlisle Senior Living Friday morning. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

DeWine: Common sense police reform should not be controversial

‘Time for Dayton toughness in Columbus:’ Whaley announces plan to run for Ohio governor

‘The criminal justice system does not always get it right,’ chief justice says

Split appeals court lets Ohio’s Down syndrome abortion law to be enforced

GOP proposed Ohio House budget includes tax cut

Proposals would change school report cards, in very different ways

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., speaks Monday morning at the helipad at West Chester Hospital about the hospital’s Level III Trauma Center status. The hospital just completed its second year as a Level III Trauma Center, but received verification as a Level III center earlier this year from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

Boehner memoir: Former House speaker doesn’t hold back in forthcoming book

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