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Amid the ongoing debate over national immigration policy, the Dayton Daily News is launching a project to explore how th...
07/30/2025

Amid the ongoing debate over national immigration policy, the Dayton Daily News is launching a project to explore how the Dayton region was and is shaped by immigrants.

Amid the ongoing debate over national immigration policy, the Dayton Daily News is launching a project to explore how the Dayton region was and is shaped by immigrants.

Various states, including neighboring Indiana, have had similar SNAP waivers approved under the Trump administration, bu...
07/29/2025

Various states, including neighboring Indiana, have had similar SNAP waivers approved under the Trump administration, but so far, no state has begun implementing the exclusion because of the logistical headache it poses for retailers that participate in SNAP.

A governor’s task force composed of retailers, medical professionals and government officials has begun its work to help Ohio achieve its not-so-straightforward goal of excluding sugary, low-nutritional drinks from food stamp eligibility.

“There’s beauty in being together, learning from each other,” said Jeannette Horwitz, Welcome Dayton coordinator and an ...
07/28/2025

“There’s beauty in being together, learning from each other,” said Jeannette Horwitz, Welcome Dayton coordinator and an immigrant from Sweden. “The world is more colorful when we have people with different backgrounds and different ways of doing things.”

But economic development leaders say there’s more at stake — immigrants are crucial to filling labor shortages and maintaining growth throughout the state.

A picture mural on the Third National Bank building, at 34 N. Main St. facing Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton, greets passersby with the faces of a dozen immigrants and refugees who have ties to the Dayton region.

A new project from the Dayton Daily News, Making Dayton Home, looks at the contributions immigrants make to the Dayton r...
07/28/2025

A new project from the Dayton Daily News, Making Dayton Home, looks at the contributions immigrants make to the Dayton region and why people from around the world came here.

Warfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo left Huber Heights Pastor Desire Ntwayingabo little choice but to flee his home more than 15 years ago, saying goodbye to his time living with his family in the mountains.

“We have to get the full complete bills passed,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, who has made the case for million...
07/25/2025

“We have to get the full complete bills passed,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, who has made the case for millions in funding for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. “I do not want to see those important funds for our community lost.”

Republicans delivered some big victories this month in Congress for President Trump. But GOP lawmakers left the specter of a shutdown at the end of September.

The change will affect centers in Hamilton and Springfield that provide women's health (STI tests, cancer screenings, et...
07/25/2025

The change will affect centers in Hamilton and Springfield that provide women's health (STI tests, cancer screenings, etc.) but not the Dayton and Cincinnati clinics where abortions are performed.

Thousands of patients will have to find other providers for services such as contraceptives and cancer screening after the closures of Planned Parenthood offices in Hamilton and Springfield forced by the recently passed federal budget.

Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say th...
07/24/2025

Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say the resulting prosecutions, lawsuits, penalties and legislation haven’t led to enough change and accountability to prevent politicians and corporate executives from cutting similar deals in the future.

Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say the resulting prosecutions, lawsuits, penalties and legislation haven’t led to enough change and accountability to prevent politicians and corporate executives from cutting similar...

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner of Dayton was one of only two House Republicans to vote against the president’s budget-cutting pac...
07/18/2025

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner of Dayton was one of only two House Republicans to vote against the president’s budget-cutting package.

After delivering a second big legislative victory this month for President Donald Trump by approving a $9 billion package of budget cuts, some Ohio Republicans in Congress are already looking to the next fight over spending, urging the White House to stay focused on efforts to cut the debt and defic...

The Dayton Daily News recently toured the jail, and talked to local leaders and critics about the facility on Hanover St...
07/17/2025

The Dayton Daily News recently toured the jail, and talked to local leaders and critics about the facility on Hanover Street in Hamilton becoming a controversial regional centerpiece in the ongoing debate over immigration enforcement.

People taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody across southwest Ohio often end up housed at the Butler County Jail.

News outlets like the Dayton Daily News routinely obtain records including text messages and emails from personal accoun...
07/17/2025

News outlets like the Dayton Daily News routinely obtain records including text messages and emails from personal accounts to shed light on deliberations and public policy decisions.

A recent Ohio Supreme Court case stemming out of Montgomery County threatens to drastically limit Ohioans’ access to public records after the high court determined a public official’s private messages are not subject to public records law, even if those messages pertain to public business.

“This is an issue for everybody. It’s not just the sheriff’s responsibility, it’s not just the county commissioners’ res...
07/16/2025

“This is an issue for everybody. It’s not just the sheriff’s responsibility, it’s not just the county commissioners’ responsibility,” said Montgomery County Jail Coalition member Joel Pruce during a press conference held in front of the jail on Tuesday. “It’s all of our responsibility to fix this.”

The Montgomery County Jail Coalition wants a civilian oversight committee to have a say over how the region’s jail functions.

“This has been the most frustrating thing I’ve ever dealt with,” said Chris Shaw, a Dayton city commissioner who’s one o...
07/15/2025

“This has been the most frustrating thing I’ve ever dealt with,” said Chris Shaw, a Dayton city commissioner who’s one of the city’s point people on the project. “It’s just one thing after the other.”

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Ohio is the center of the political universe. The world knows that we pick presidents. Our team at the Dayton Daily News, WHIO-TV Channel 7, Springfield News-Sun, The Journal News and AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO is dedicated to bringing you the latest from the White House, Statehouse and City Hall.