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The vacant land adjacent to the Greene County Juvenile Justice Center and across from the adult detention center could be the site of a new county jail and sheriff’s administration building. RICHARD WILSON/STAFF

Election 2021: These tax issues are on Greene County ballots in November

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The candidates running in the May 4 election to replace Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley are (from left) Rennes Bowers, Gary Leitzell and Jeff Mims Jr. The top two vote getters will face off in November to succeed Whaley, who isn’t seeking re-election.

Q&A: Dayton mayoral candidates share their ideas, plans

Campaign signs of some of the Dayton City Commission candidates line grassy lots along Wayne Avenue. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Q&A: 7 run for Dayton commission. Here’s what they are saying

$The Buckeye State ranked fourth in the nation in migration growth last year, and Springfield, Huber Heights and Miamisburg were among the state’s “leading growth” cities. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Three running for Huber Heights mayor

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is shown in a joint press conference with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley on Aug. 8 in the Oregon District to talk about mental health initiatives in the wake of the mass shooting that took place on Aug. 4, 2019. DeWine signed a bill that no longer requires Ohioans to first consider retreating in public spaces before using deadly force in self defense. Whaley has criticized the bill and said DeWine has failed to advance reforms he proposed after Dayton's mass shooting. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Ohio’s ‘stand your ground’ gun bill law begins. Here’s what to know.

Troy’s school levy for May 4 is a no-increase renewal covering regular operating costs. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Miami County voters to decide on levies for schools, libraries, arts

Latest Headlines in Politics

The Ohio Redistricting Commission approved new maps for Ohio General Assembly seats.

See how your Statehouse districts will change

The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

New state House, Senate district maps only good for four years

Children’s hospitals urge schools to mandate masks

State redistricting debate, calls to avoid gerrymandering continue ahead of vote

Dayton emergency responders have been impacted by fatal drug overdoses in the city. The big opioid settlements could help respond to the damage from the public health crisis. STAFF

Lessons from Ohio’s Big Tobacco settlement can inform opioid settlement

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria (left) listens to Darius Watkins discuss the impact of Springfield’s Career ConnectED on his education. JEFF GUERINI/STAFF

Outgoing superintendent urges Ohio schools to take risks

The Republican proposal for new state House and Senate district maps, adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission as working documents, is expected to be ratified this week. FILE

Ohio redistricting plan called illegal, roundly criticized at Dayton-area hearing as...

Photos of Deb Loewer from the ridge above the Pentagon with Deb’s former office and area where the plane struck on 9.11 over her shoulder.

Springfield native who ran Situation Room on 9/11: Don’t rush to judgment on Afghanistan

What Ohio lawmakers will likely focus on this fall

The Ohio Statehouse. FILE

State House, Senate map proposal praised, critiqued; 3 chances remain to comment

VOICES: The Jan. 6 Capitol assault requires serious national airing

The Ohio Statehouse. FILE

Coalition pushes for more public input, transparency for new legislative maps

Four Dayton school board candidates are among 13 Montgomery County write-in candidates approved for this November’s election. FILE

Large crop of local write-in candidates running in November election

Ohio Supreme Court rejects Miami County judge’s objection to challenger’s qualifications

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks Monday, backed by Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Deborah Ashenhurst, Ohio Department of Veterans Services director; right, Lori Criss, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services director; middle, and Maj. Gen. John Harris, Ohio adjutant general.

DeWine urges veterans to seek mental health services

The Montgomery County Board of Elections voted Monday on the validity of petitions for several local races voters will decide on in November. FILE

Ex-state rep. ruled in for Kettering race, city’s mayor job won’t be contested in...

Dayton businessman Brian Higgins faces trail on federal charges. He pleaded not guilty.

Psychologist says Dayton businessman is competent to stand trial

Ohio Statehouse. Getty Images

Will Dayton region gain or lose as political districts are redrawn?

U.S. soldiers stand guard inside the airport walls as hundreds of people gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Western nations warned Thursday of a possible attack on Kabul's airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning days of a massive airlift. Britain said an attack could come within hours. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Ohio leaders react to the carnage in Kabul

Stephanie Siddens will take over as Ohio's interim state school superintendent on Sept. 25.

Siddens named Ohio’s interim K-12 school superintendent

Ohio State legislators held a redistricting conference Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at Sinclair College in Dayton. The redistricting commission is holding crowd-and - panel meetings all across the state. Jim Noelker/Staff

Gerrymandering decried at local redistricting meeting

Rep. Mike Turner talks Aug. 11

Turner part of proposed bipartisan legislation to aid ex-inmates reentering society

Here’s your chance to weigh in on state redistricting

Two candidates among 15 whose petitions to run for office in November were rejected last week by the Miami County Board of Elections have filed requests for board reconsideration of the petitions. STAFF FILE

Miami County Board of Elections to review candidates rejected from ballot

Ohio bills to restrict COVID mask, vaccine mandates stir heavy debate

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington. Prosecutors secured the first guilty plea in the major case brought against members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, while an Indiana woman who became first person to be sentenced for the Jan. 6 riot avoided time behind bars. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Number of Dayton-area people charged in Capitol riot not surprising, political expert...

A total of 114 Greene County candidates have been certified by the Board of Elections for the Nov. 2 election.

Greene County certifies 114 candidates for November election

Dayton's school board will get at least two new members via the November election.

Dayton school board, many other races have too few candidates

Here’s how new census data will lead to the drawing of new political lines

Trotwood mayor Mary McDonald, left, walks with Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio's 13th District, Adam Cassada, plant manager of Specialty Manufacturing Solutions and Eric Holterman, vice president of Specialty Manufacturing Solutions at Specialty Manufacturing Solutions on Thursday. Eileen McClory / Staff

Tim Ryan visits Trotwood businesses, Gem City Market to discuss businesses

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

Kettering man charged in U.S. Capitol riot

The Ohio Statehouse

Feds withdraw approval for Ohio Medicaid work requirements

U.S. and Ohio lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss coordinating state and federal policy, including on supporting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and related development. The lawmakers included, from left, state Rep. Tom Young, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, state Sen. Bob Peterson and state Sen. Bob Hackett.

U.S., Ohio lawmakers look to support development around Wright-Patt

Miami County Municipal Court

Miami County judge asks Ohio Supreme Court to bar opponent from ballot

Dayton school board members William Harris (left) and Mohamed Al-Hamdani (center) spend a Saturday morning in June 2019 going over financial options for the Dayton school district. The two will not run for re-election in November 2021. JEREMY P. KELLEY / STAFF

Two Dayton school board leaders not seeking re-election

New leader of Ohio’s schools announces surprise resignation

Lebanon Mayor Amy Brewer, who has served on Lebanon City Council for 32 years, the last 20 as mayor, said she was retiring from public service and said she felt blessed and good about making this decision.

Lebanon mayor in office for 32 years not seeking re-election

$Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, is seeking the Democratic nomination in the Ohio gubernatorial race. Whaley said Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, she will visit all 88 Ohio counties by early May, pledging to give voters “a voice, to listen to them and to give them power, because Ohio deserves better.” MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Dayton mayor pledges to visit Ohio’s 88 counties in gubernatorial bid

Yellow Springs schools has put a levy on the ballot that would fund a new middle school/high school campus on East Enon Road, which is currently the site of the middle school/high school. The current Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School are pictured here. FILE - TY GREENLEES/STAFF

Area voters to decide more than 40 tax issues in November

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley received the most campaign contributions in the race for Ohio governor during the first half of 2021. In this 2019 file photo DeWine and Whaley participate in a forum about gun violence in the wake of the Aug. 4 mass shooting in Dayton's Oregon District.. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

DeWine, Whaley raise the most in their party primaries for 2022 governor race

Plastic dividers, cleaning supplies and extra staff to deal with COVID-19 cost many local schools extra money in 2020-21.

School districts make bold plans for millions in federal aid

Ohio tech training program helping workers gain needed skills in cyber security

Plummer plans to run for Ohio House speaker

Racial equity language triggers state school board fight in Ohio

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

Greene County Dems offer $1,000 reward after 3rd attack on headquarters

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

FILE — President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) after meeting with Biden and a bipartisan group of Senators to discuss infrastructure at the White House on June 24, 2021. Portman, who is leading negotiations for his party on a bipartisan infrastructure plan, says Republicans have nothing to lose and much to gain in cutting a deal with the president. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)

Infrastructure talks call into question controversial project labor agreements

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