How much do you know about what it takes to legally immigrate to the U.S.? We worked with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality to create a quiz about what it takes for someone to legally live and work in the country. #MakingDaytonHome daytondailynews.com/local/how-much…

Panelists will include Samantha Sommer, news director at WYSO Public Radio | 91.3 FM , Avery Kreemer , Statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News and Josh Sweigart (that's me!), editor of investigations and solutions journalism for the Dayton Daily News . daytondailynews.com/local/ddn-wyso…

The event is free and open to the public, sponsored by LWV Dayton

I was in the Speaker's Lobby when this happened. There was a giant wave of screams and shouts from Democrats in protest. Goldman was about to vote to make it 204-204, which would have defeated the previous question.

Congress is going home for a holiday break without a deal to help people who will see their insurance premiums go up next year — but the issue certainly isn’t going away. Here's how Ohio's delegation voted on the GOP's proposal - via Jamie Dupree daytondailynews.com/local/no-deal-…

The average quarterly water bill for residents of the village of Yellow Springs is $401.46. This is more than three times what residents are paying in Fairborn or Xenia for the same amount of water. In another similarly sized village, the average is $69. daytondailynews.com/local/are-you-…

Internships at the Journal-News, Dayton Daily News and Springfield News-Sun are now open. (Reporting, video, photography.) Interns are usually working June-August, hybrid. Applications due by February: jobs.coxenterprises.com/en/jobs/r20257…

Trump attributed the windfall to increased revenue from tariffs he raised beginning in April, but it was unclear where or how the funds for the payments would be appropriated - via Thomas Gnau daytondailynews.com/local/trump-pr…

A proposed Ohio Environmental Protection Agency permit that would allow data centers to release wastewater into Ohio’s lakes and streams, under certain conditions, garnered concerns during a public hearing this month. Avery Kreemer was there. daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-epa…

Trump promises ‘warrior dividend’ military bonus by year’s end daytondailynews.com/local/trump-pr…

THC-infused beverages will be lumped in with other intoxicating hemp products, with sales limited to licensed dispensaries, following a line-item veto from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine - via Avery Kreemer daytondailynews.com/local/thc-infu…

“I normally would veto a repeal of this four-day grace period, and frankly, that’s what I wish I could do,” DeWine said - via Avery Kreemer daytondailynews.com/local/dewine-r…

Did Clerk of Courts Foley violate probation by drinking? State auditor wants to know - via Sydney Dawes 👻 daytondailynews.com/local/did-cler…

Organizers behind a grassroots effort to eliminate property taxes in Ohio say they aren’t taking their foot off the gas even after tax reforms passed by Ohio lawmakers and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine last week. journal-news.com/news/ohio-prop…

Dzhalilov and his family were among the estimated 14,000 Ahiska Turks who came to the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 through a U.S. Department of State special program for individuals facing statelessness and persecution in Russia. #MakingDaytonHome daytondailynews.com/local/shaping-…

No major local impact so far from ‘Operation Buckeye’ ICE enforcement effort in Columbus daytondailynews.com/local/no-major…

How will it be received by those serving down-range that civilian DoD employees are getting up to $25K, while war fighters are getting a rebranded $1,776 housing allowance? daytondailynews.com/local/defense-…

As lawmakers debate extending enhanced premium tax credits for the ACA Marketplace, local residents who get their health insurance through the ACA are preparing to pay double of what they had been paying for insurance, or even forgoing it altogether. daytondailynews.com/local/area-peo…

At least 214 people, predominantly Latino men, have been detained as a part of “Operation Buckeye” Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, according to an analysis by an Ohio advocacy group. daytondailynews.com/local/hundreds…