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OPINION: Buckeye State now Silicon Valley's dump for energy-sapping data centers | Opinion
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (329+ words) An existing Amazon AWS Data Center in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF The effort by a valiant band of Ohioans to stop the construction of more power and-water-guzzling data centers is inspiring. And it needs doing....
From Lebanon with love: Dayton's poetic voice bringing a Middle Eastern flavor to the city scene
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (1268+ words) Poet Hania Itawi sits with her poetry collection "Love, Life and More." Hania Itawi is not your typical pharmacist. A lifelong passion for poetry has people in Dayton finally talking about the mother of two. To many members of the…...
New Mexico's promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (772+ words) As parents across the nation grapple with crippling daycare bills that threaten to keep them at home and out of the workforce, political leaders from New York to San Francisco have been angling to expand access to free and subsidized…...
Letters to the editor: Commitment to compassion, calling out Kroger
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) As a Catholic priest, I find myself reflecting deeply during this sacred season of Advent, a time of preparation and hope. This Christmas, the world seems to buzz with the usual frenzy of holiday shopping and festivities. Yet, in the…...
De Wine: Ramaswamy proposal to consolidate Ohio colleges not "a good idea
2+ week, 6+ day ago (652+ words) Ramaswamy says Ohio has "too many" universities. LEFT: Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, who is currently running for governor. RIGHT: Republican Mike De Wine, current governor of Ohio. STAFF A candidate for Ohio"s next governor says he supports "reforming universities," but…...
42 is my number" " How Springboro"s Bella Miller is inspired by Jackie Robinson
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1197+ words) Springboro senior Bella Miller rounds the bases during a game against Fairmont on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. STEVEN WRIGHT / STAFF Sometimes it's nice to have a prompt for how one book can change the viewpoint of your world. A phone notification popped…...
Ohio Medicaid projected to lose $33 B over next decade
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1287+ words) Health care analysts are estimating Ohio will lose billions for its Medicaid program over the next decade following last year's passage of HR 1 " the federal reconciliation bill also called the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" or the "Working Families Tax…...
They kept brushing her off:" 36-year-old dies in Dayton prison after reporting severe pain for weeks
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1874+ words) A screenshot of an interview between an Ohio State Highway Patrol investigator and DCI inmate Amanda Vance regarding the death of DCI inmate Ashley Baldwin on July 6, 2025. The interview was conducted July 8, 2025. Dayton Daily News reporter Avery Kreemer details what…...
Ohio lawmakers push for state prison reform, new leadership
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (451+ words) Speaker of the House Matt Huffman speaks to the media after Ohio Gov. Mike De Wine's State of the State address at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Columbus. Samantha Madar / The Columbus Dispatch via AP, Pool The Ohio…...
New York Is a Hot Spot for Alpha-Gal. Why Doesn't the State Track Cases?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (793+ words) In 2023, federal health authorities listed several hot spots where people were developing an allergy to red meat at alarming rates after having been bitten by ticks. Arkansas. Kentucky. Missouri. A county in Virginia. Since then, most of those states have…...