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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...

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