Ohio Politics

11/14/2025

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11/13/2025

This story was updated to reflect that the federal intoxicating h**p ban did pass, and reaction from Ohio cannabis industry reps:

Ohio legislative leaders say they’ll be forced to change course on the route to regulate intoxicating h**p in the state, following a provision in the federal budget bill passed this week that places new restrictions on h**p-derived products.

11/12/2025

The former employee's attorney accuses Clerk Mike Foley of attempting to “weaponize the court system” ahead of Starline testifying in Foley’s criminal trial next month.

Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley’s civil protection order petition against two local men has been dismissed, according to court records.

11/12/2025

Carey said she isn’t sure when she’ll see a full payment, but she doesn’t feel like her government officials “care about the little people.”

“They continue to be paid, build ballrooms and eat while other people are hungry,” she said.

Local residents who received their partial food assistance payments on Wednesday said they felt both surprised and relieved by payments that appeared on their EBT cards.

11/12/2025

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Monday that it would start sending out payments up to 65% of a household’s normal maximum allotment as early as today.

The first partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments are expected to begin today as a legal fight continues in the U.S. Supreme Court and a political fight continues to end the government shutdown.

11/11/2025

The Dayton Daily News analyzed federal lobbying disclosure forms to see who from our area is buying influence in the nation’s capital. Here are 5 key takeaways from our reporting.

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11/11/2025

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11/10/2025

Monday’s approval all but confirms the site as the future home of the Miami Valley Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, which is set to become the seventh hospital of the sort in the state’s system.

The state approved a $2.5 million appropriation Monday for the purchase of the 133-acre site of the former Hara Arena in Trotwood and Harrison Twp. for the development of an Ohio-run behavioral health hospital.

11/10/2025

Turner on shutdown: ‘We need to have government working’; Landsman opposes deal

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, said Monday he looks forward to voting to reopen the government as the U.S. Senate works through a deal between Republicans and a group of Democrats.

11/10/2025

“You went and followed me to see who drives me — to write down their VIN number,” said Rosen. “That seems a little creepy.”

What would you think if you heard about a coworker walking up to cars in the company parking lot, looking in the windshield, and writing something down?

11/10/2025

The emerging agreement in Congress to end a record federal government shutdown also includes a $30 million project at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base sought by both of Ohio’s senators and Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton.

11/07/2025

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, told reporters this week he expects the legislature to come up with a permanent solution before lawmakers take Thanksgiving break, “so we can get it to the governor and we’ll have that issue settled.”

Ohio lawmakers are eyeing a quick and permanent legislative fix to the oft-criticized unregulated sale of intoxicating h**p products in the state after a series of shifts have thrown the legality of the merchandise into limbo.