
Josh Sweigart
Investigative Reporter at Dayton Daily News
Investigative reporter covering government waste, fraud, abuse and accountability for the papers in Dayton, Springfield, Hamilton and Middletown.
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2 weeks ago |
daytondailynews.com | Avery Kreemer |Josh Sweigart |Sydney Dawes
This amounts to flat or slightly increased funding for Ohio libraries. Ohio’s Public Library Fund is expected to disperse $495 million to $500 million this year, according to Ohio Budget and Management estimates provided to this news outlet Tuesday. The fund paid out $489.3 million last year. ExploreBut the House proposal still falls $90.8 million short of Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget for libraries.
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daytondailynews.com | Nick Graham |Avery Kreemer |Sydney Dawes |Josh Sweigart
Not exactly. The plan unveiled by Ohio House Republicans would eliminate the Ohio Library Fund, replacing it with line-item amounts appropriated for each year. They propose allocating $485 million in library funds for 2026 — a decrease from last year’s library fund of $489.3 million — and then $495 million for 2027. So funding would be essentially flat over the next two years.
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yahoo.com | Mike Stobbe |Josh Sweigart
Apr. 7—U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman is among those pushing for the Trump administration to reinstate more than 1,500 workers terminated last week from the Cincinnati-based National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Landsman, a Cincinnati Democrat whose district includes Warren County, was among more than 100 lawmakers who signed a letter Friday to President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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daytondailynews.com | Josh Sweigart
This year, this comes as other parts of Ohio face an outbreak of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease. Go here for our full analysis from reporter Samantha Wildow. 1. Big picture: Our analysis of newly released 2024-2025 vaccination data from the Ohio Department of Health shows there’s been little improvement in vaccination rates and more utilization of non-medical exemptions. 2.
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daytondailynews.com | Thomas Gnau |Josh Sweigart
The 74-page complaint describes a law enforcement investigation that began in December 2019, saying multiple “business owners originally from China” who, on moving to Ohio, “became intricately involved with one another” created roughly 40 business entities that facilitated the “harboring, transportation, and employment of illegal aliens at various factories, and have developed a sophisticated money laundering organization.” Fuyao said last year it was told by federal authorities that a...
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