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Bullet holes in the door of State Sen. John Hoffman’s home in Chaplin, Minn., on Saturday, June 14, 2025. A man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker on Saturday and of shooting another was identified by the authorities as Vance Boelter, 57. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)

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Congressman Greg Landsman says he was mentioned in Minnesota murder suspect’s notes56m ago

Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, center, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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Congressman Landsman says he was mentioned in Minnesota murder suspect’s notes1h ago

Some members of the Cincy Galaxy soccer team attended a Sunday night rally outside the Butler County Jail. Their teammate, Emerson Colindres, a native of Honduras, recently was arrested by ICE officials. RICK McCRABB/CONTRIBUTOR

Recent Cincinnati high school graduate ICE detainee no longer listed in Butler County...1h ago

FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Lawmakers criticize plan to erase property taxes

Arbor Homes on South Wolf Creek Pike is one of several housing developments in Brookville with construction of new homes in progress. Last week, the House released a new package of property tax reforms that would among other things erase guaranteed inside millage for cities, counties, schools and villages and force them to rely on other revenue streams like income and sales tax. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Auditors say property tax elimination in Ohio would ‘decimate’ vital services

Senate President Rob McColley, left, and Speaker of the House Matt Huffman speak to the media after the State of the State address by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Samantha Madar/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, Pool)

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Ohio’s budget and you: Understanding state’s proposed two-year budget and its impacts

THe Butler County Landbank received state funds to help clean up the former Beckett Paper site, which was the scene of a major fire in Hamilton in August 2024. In this file photo, fire crews responded Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 7, 2024, to a major fire in a vacant building at a former paper company property at N. 5th and Dayton streets in Hamilton. The building was an office for Beckett Paper and later for Mohawk Paper, and the property had been considered for redevelopment by the city in the past. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Hamilton gets $2.18M to clean up former Beckett Paper site

FILE - The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

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Ohio joins Purdue Pharma settlement with all but 1 state, D.C., 5 territories

The 20-year-old motorcycle driver was transported to Mercy Fairfield Hospital. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Victim identified in fatal Fairfield motorcycle crash

Attorneys Michael Wright and Richard Schulte held a press conference Monday announcing a class action law suit against Kettering Health Network in light of the recent cyberattack against the health care company. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Class action lawsuit filed against Kettering Health amid cyberattack fallout

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7-year-old autistic girl identified in West Chester Twp. drowning

Ken Schon, with the Cincinnati area developer Bloomfield/Schon, listens during a discussion of his redevelopment project in Lindenwald at Hamilton City Council meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Bloomfield/Schon is planning a $29 million redevelopment project at the former Shuler & Benninghofen Woolen Mill. Schon is pictured Steve Bloomfield (center) and Adam Bloomfield. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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$29M plan seeks to turn former Hamilton mill into apartments, commercial space

The summer break at Monroe Schools is seeing district officials staying busy working on plans for the construction of a $62 million high school for the booming school system. (File/Journal-News)

Monroe Schools administrators moving on new high school planning

Bar II was the site of an overnight Middletown shooting which left 1 dead and 3 injured. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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1 dead, 3 injured in overnight Middletown shooting

A proposed development plan would place 217 homes on 86 acres near Miller Ridge Elementary School in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Residents oppose plans for 217 home development in Middletown

$First-grade students (left to right) Parker Richey, Remi Kinney, and Declan Cogan work on counting skills in Sarah Jacobs' math class at Primary Village North school in Centerville in this 2024 photo. Centerville is nearly two years ahead in math scores using a new curriculum they rolled out two years ago. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio Senate’s budget bill spells out plan to improve how schools teach math