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    DHS vows appeal, Springfield mayor responds: What to know about TPS decision for Haitians
    House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn, D-Cincinnati, addressed reporters on Feb. 3, 2026, regarding a suite of forthcoming Democratic policies pertaining to federal immigration enforcement in Ohio.
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    Ohio House Dems want ICE face covering ban, other federal immigration restrictions
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    Court could rule today on protected status for Haitians: Springfield waits, watches
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    Hundreds show support for Springfield Haitians at faith event on eve of TPS ending
    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine attend a launch event at Campus International School in Cleveland for OhioSEE, a new state program to provide free eyeglasses for Ohio students.
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    Montgomery, Clark and Butler county schools eligible for new state free glasses program
    Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine briefs the press on Jan. 30, 2026, a few days before many of Springfield's Haitian immigrants are set to lose their legal protected status under federal law. AVERY KREEMER
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    DeWine, Brown decry Haiti TPS ending — many Ohio officials stay quiet amid ICE...
    Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine briefs the press on Jan. 30, 2026, a few days before many of Springfield's Haitian immigrants are set to lose their legal protected status under federal law.
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    DeWine: Revoking Haitian immigrants’ status a ‘mistake’, feds mum on enforcement
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    Bipartisan Ohio bill would set income limit for private school vouchers
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    Fear grips Springfield’s Haitians on cusp of losing legal status to live, work in city...
    If a proposal to split Clay Twp. is approved, a new township would be created, with specific boundaries along Montgomery County Line Road to Diamond Mill Road, west on U.S. 40 to Ohio 49, north on Ohio 49 to Wengerlawn Road, west on Wengerlawn to Dodson Road, south on Dodson to U.S. 40, U.S. 40 to Preble County Line Road, north on Preble County Line to Darke County Line/Montgomery County Line Road.
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    Clay Twp. would be split in two north of Phillipsburg under proposed secession petition
    A screenshot from a Facebook video posted by Democratic Ohio attorney general candidate and former Ohio House representative Elliot Forhan, in which he threatens to bring a capital punishment case against President Donald Trump. Screenshot captured on Jan. 28, 2026.
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    Ohio Democratic attorney general candidate faces backlash for post about killing Trump
    A residence along North Limestone Street in Springfield was flying the Haitian flag along side the American flag Wednesday, May 10, 2023. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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    Protected status ending for Springfield Haitians: What do you think? Take our survey
    The Ohio Statehouse in May 2023.
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    Two new programs to address human trafficking in Montgomery County
    A man carrying an American flag visits a makeshift memorial at the site where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday, in Minneapolis, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. People who knew Pretti, an intensive-care nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital, pushed back against what they called a smear campaign by federal officials. “He was a good man,” his family said. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
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    Some local, state politicians go on record about killing of Minneapolis protester -...
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    Springfield braces for 30-day targeted ICE surge after Haitian TPS ends
    Attorney Noah Munyer, center, talks with attorney Carole Rendon, as former FirstEnergy Corp. CEO, Chuck Jones, right, sits inside the courtroom at the Summit County courthouse in Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Two fired top executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and Ohio’s former top utility regulator have pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
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    FirstEnergy trial begins: CEO accused of leading Ohio’s biggest bribery scheme
    Cindy Shivadecker puts together whistle kits during an assembly event hosted by Team Kettering on Friday, Jan. 26, 2026. SYDNEY DAWES/STAFF
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    ‘We can’t do nothing’: Area residents make whistle kits to alert neighbors to ICE...
    Dayton Correctional Institution
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    Ohio prisons short hundreds of corrections officers, led by Dayton prison
    High voltage Ohio AES power lines on Carillon Boulevard in Dayton. FILE
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    Grid gripes: Feds, DeWine air concerns about data/AI power demand
    Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania, holds a press conference detailing a new bill to add fraud-preventive measures to Ohio's subsidized child care system. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2026.
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    GOP Ohio lawmaker calls for camera monitoring system to prevent child care fraud
    A student walks by a University of Dayton sign at the intersection of Brown and Stewart Streets on Monday, Nov. 24. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Congress approves millions in Dayton-area water, research projects
    Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, center, talks with reporters as he walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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    Sen. Moreno blames Dems as health insurance talks stall in Congress
    A proposed statewide referendum to reverse the state’s intoxicating hemp ban was preliminarily shot down this week by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, citing inconsistencies in the submitted petition that he said could mislead signers. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Petition to nix Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban denied by Attorney General Yost
    Bloom Dispensary on Main Street in Seven Mile offers medicinal and recreational use marijuana products. The dispensary potted the village about $401,000 from the state's host community fund, which redirects recreational sales tax proceeds back to communities that host marijuana dispensaries. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Area communities finally getting millions in cannabis tax revenue
    Rep. Tom Young, R-Washington Twp., addresses the media alongside Rep. Phil Plummer, R-Butler Twp., and Ohio Department of Children and Youth Director Kara Wente on Jan. 14, 2026.
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    Area Ohio House reps tout child care integrity bill amid nationwide fraud concerns
    U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, on Monday Jan. 12, 2026, announcing that he intends to run for reelection. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Dems eye chance to unseat Turner for Dayton-area congressional seat, but can they?
    Kristina Knickerbocker, a U.S. Air Force veteran, nurse practitioner, wife, and mother, announced her campaign for Congress in Ohio’s 10th Congressional District. CONTRIBUTED
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    Air Force veteran, Democrat joins race to challenge Turner for congressional seat
    Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Sept. 26 held by onMain ahead of construction of the first building on the former Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton. Turner, who helped bring the onMain project to fruition, announced Monday he is seeking reelection. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Turner files to run again as GOP expects political headwinds
    Apoorva Ramaswamy, left, greets her husband, Vivek Ramaswamy, right, a Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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    Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges
     Ohio elections will operate a little differently from 2026 onward as a result of a GOP-passed law that, among other things, eliminates a grace period that allowed mail-in absentee ballots to be counted up to four days after the election. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    2026 brings changes for mail-in ballot deadline in Ohio elections
    Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the keynote address in the Ohio Chamber's 2025 Dayton Regional Impact Ohio Conference on Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Apollo Room in the Student Union at Wright State University. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    DeWine endorses Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2026 bid for Ohio governor
    Ohio's top 2026 Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton, left, and presumptive Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, right.
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    Acton, Ramaswamy name running mates in race for Ohio governor
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