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Mayor Mary McDonald (second from left) and members of Trotwood city council discuss an income tax levy for the May ballot on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. AIMEE HANCOCK / STAFF

Trotwood council puts income tax proposal on May ballot

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New Ohio Senate district map

Big changes: New state House, Senate maps rearrange Montgomery, Butler counties

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Members of the Greene County Board of Elections (left) met with Ohio Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Amanda Grandjean (center) and her team (right) Monday to discuss remedying administrative issues that led to the delay of results in the November 2021 election.

Greene elections board discusses November problems with state officials

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2021, file photo, two visitors peer into the room of a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital in Salem, Ore., as a nurse dons full protective gear before going into the room of another patient. Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, that the state has contracted with a medical staffing company to provide up to 500 health care workers to hospitals around the state to help respond to the surge in patients due to the delta variant. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

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Ohio bill seeks to require hospitals to let some visitors see patients during pandemics

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State Rep. Kyle Koehler, R-Springfield, is one of two in the Ohio House of Representatives to introduce a bill that would allow public bodies, including local governments, to resume virtual meetings until the end of June.

Koehler introduces legislation that would allow public entities to resume virtual...

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New Ohio Senate district map

See new state House and Senate district maps

Republican consultants present their party's proposal for new state House and Senate maps to the Ohio Redistricting Commission on Jan. 22, 2022.

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Redistricting commission adopts Republican plan

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

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Progress? Deadlock? Redistricting commission keeps doors shut

Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima, (on left) looks over legislative district proposals for the Columbus and Cincinnati areas Jan. 20, 2022, as state Sen. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, smiles. Cupp and Sykes co-chair the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

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Progress made toward bipartisan plan for new state House, Senate districts

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With maps in limbo and filing deadline looming, running for Statehouse seats complicated

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Redistricting redo starts for new Statehouse seats as deadline looms

Yellow Springs planning commissioner among 9 cited for ethics violations in 2021

Freda Levenson, ACLU of Ohio legal director, appears before the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus, Ohio, during oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to new legislative district maps on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. On Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, the court overturned the maps as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

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Ohio redistricting commission to meet Tuesday in wake of court rejection

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine answers reporters questions in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2022. Gov. DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, even if Republican voters who thought he went too far are angry enough to vote him out in the upcoming May primary. DeWine is running for a second four-year term, which he has said will mark the end of his career in politics. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, file)

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DeWine: No statewide COVID mandates, but wants school and hospital rules

Ohio Supreme Court rules congressional map unconstitutional

U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, a Troy Republican, compared COVID mandates to the Holocaust in a tweet that was met with swift backlash. (Al Drago/Pool via AP- FILE)

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U.S. Rep. Davidson compares vaccine mandates to Holocaust; later apologizes

Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission – from left, Senate President Matt Huffman, Auditor Keith Faber, House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes, Gov. Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, House Speaker Bob Cupp and Sen. Vernon Sykes – pictured at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, during their first meeting on Aug. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

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Time is tight for new state House, Senate maps

Billing errors led to Ohio overpaying for a cancer drug.

Audit: Ohio Medicaid improperly paid $118.5M for prisoners, dead people

Advocates who believe that newly drawn Ohio legislative maps remain heavily gerrymandered rally outside the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. The court heard arguments Wednesday over lawsuits challenging the mapsthat voter-rights and Democratic groups say are gerrymandered to favor Republicans. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

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Ohio Supreme Court overturns state legislative maps, gives 10 days to draw new one

Middletown native J.D. Vance announced his bid for U.S. Senate during an event at Middletown Tube Works with over 400 people in attendance Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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U.S. Senate GOP candidate J.D. Vance to visit Dayton, Middletown

Trotwood names vice mayor

There are 10 Butler County projects expected to receive a portion of the $2.6 billion 2019-2020 state capital budget. The budget bill is expected to be approved by the General Assembly and signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich by the end of the month. FILE

Construction money, guns and COVID: Local legislators look ahead to 2022

FILE - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks in Columbus, Ohio on Feb. 20, 2020. Yost says, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 he hopes everyone receives the coronavirus vaccine, but it should be a person's choice, not the result of a government mandate. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

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AG Yost speaks after Supreme Court hears COVID-19 anti-mandate case

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley, left, introduces her running mate Cheryl Stephens, president of the Cuyahoga County Council, on Jan. 5, 2022.

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Democratic governor candidates pick running mates

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)

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Most local U.S. Capitol riot cases continue in court as 1 year approaches

The Chaminade Julienne soccer team practices on the school's Eagle Field next to Roger Glass Stadium. Hundreds of CJ students attend the school with the benefit of EdChoice vouchers from the state. FILE PHOTO

Lawsuit challenges Ohio’s private school voucher system

Former Ohio state lawmaker Candice Keller may seek the lieutenant governor's seat with former state lawmaker Ron Hood toping the possible gubernatorial ticket. PROVIDED

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Keller may seek lieutenant governor seat

The Miami County Board of Elections office was especially cramped before a remodeling moved the front counter back.

Miami County elections board looking for new office space

Dayton’s new mayor pledges to help young people

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