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  • 6 days ago | journal-news.com | Denise Callahan

    The list of successful projects was released late last week — and the New Miami project — wasn’t on it. YWCA Executive Director Wendy Waters-Connell said from the beginning this project was a “long shot” because this is highly competitive program the New Miami site had challenges. The score was too low“Because the location was not a high score area in OHFA’s process, we knew this would be a long shot to win the grant,” she said.

  • 1 week ago | journal-news.com | Denise Callahan

    They say the need for elderly supportive services has risen exponentially since the last levy increase two decades ago — the number of residents age 60-plus has grown 79% and keeps multiplying rapidly. Council on Aging plans to ask voters for a renewal plus an additional tax levy in November. If approved the two levies combined would cost taxpayers an additional $24.50 per $100,000 of value. The total cost would double to $50 per $100,000 — and reap $20.4 million.

  • 1 week ago | daytondailynews.com | Denise Callahan

    Kragt spoke in particular about one of his parishioners, Armando Reyes Rodriguez, 42, who was “scooped up” by ICE in April and is now living in the jail. He told the commissioners Reyes is living here with permission from the federal government and his wife and son are currently in the process of getting asylum from Honduras.

  • 1 week ago | journal-news.com | Denise Callahan

    Kragt spoke in particular about one of his parishioners, Armando Reyes Rodriguez, 42, who was “scooped up” by ICE in April and is now living in the jail. He told the commissioners Reyes is living here with permission from the federal government and his wife and son are currently in the process of getting asylum from Honduras.

  • 1 week ago | journal-news.com | Denise Callahan

    According to state budget documents, property tax collections for 2023 totaled $22.6 billion. State and local income taxes last year totaled $13.8 billion and sales tax $18 billion. Heidi Fought, executive director of the Ohio Township Association, said her board hasn’t voted on a course of action regarding this ballot initiative yet, but if it passes it will “cripple” townships. “Township services are provided mainly through property tax levies passed by township residents.

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