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WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A snack food manufacturer will open a plant at the former General Motors site in Moraine; a solar co-op in southwest Ohio hopes to help non-profits convert to solar power; and some want to change the tax breaks given to data centers in Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Montgomery County is seeing a downward trend in homelessness, but leaders are concerned with shifting federal priorities; voters in November will be asked to put Voter ID requirements in the state Constitution; and a group of Wright State Students will get their wings at the Dayton Air Show this weekend.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. The City of Xenia and Central State University are close to an annexation agreement; over 1,500 ballots in May's primary election were tossed because they arrived after election day; and the state's $3.7 billion budget for infrastructure, and state and a beloved slide in Beavercreek closed for repairs hopes to reopen soon.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. The mayor of Dayton is inviting residents to take part in the city's "Flight Plan for a Stronger Dayton," a data center bill is moving fast through the state legislature, and a bill that started out as a means to get free state documents has morphed into a voter ID law.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A free in-home nurse visiting program for new parents has expanded; state lawmakers have scrapped a provision that would have prevented family caregivers from getting paid by Medicaid; and a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage in Ohio from 17 to 18 is languishing.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A group that wants to eliminate property taxes in Ohio says it won't have enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot; Great Council State Park celebrates the heritage of Native Americans; and Ohio lawmakers may end Medicaid payments to those who are caregivers to family members.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Homelessness is down in Montgomery County; Clermont County commissioners say they'll sue the owners of the former Beckjord Power Plant in New Richmond to protect drinking water from toxic coal ash; and free Naloxone training this weekend.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A new academy at Sinclair Community College will train workers for the aviation industry; some lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have reservations about putting voter ID laws into the state constitution; and UC is researching how hot weather affects older adults.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A University of Cincinnati professor and students work with Middletown residents on environmental research and testing; teens create a campaign to promote Ohio's suicide prevention hotline; and how the Native American tribes who created lacrosse are revitalizing the sport.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. The state's Joint Data Center Committee met Monday with most attendees railing against the facilities; two local corn refining companies win national awards for workplace safety; and Wright State University is developing a curriculum to help rural schools learn artificial intelligence.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. State lawmakers want to patch holes in the Medicaid system that they say scammers use to exploit the system; Clark County officials offer resources to victims of recent floods; and a local business is using a grant to cleanup a former brownfield in Cedarville in hopes of setting up shop at that location.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Dayton Public School leaders speak out against a bill that could make it easier to close underperforming schools; a committee of lawmakers hold its first meeting on data centers; and the Miami Conservancy District is managing billions of gallons of water from recent heavy rains.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Three former LifeWise Academy teachers and volunteers have been arrested and charged with sex crimes against minors in the past month; Ohio says fewer children went missing in 2025 than the previous year; and the Salem Avenue Business Association is hoping for an economic investment for the Salem Avenue Peace Corridor.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if 300,000 Ohioans are owed $900 million in federal funds from the COVID pandemic assistance program; a local program makes older homes in Dayton more energy efficient; and a new urgent care is named after Dayton Children's retiring president and CEO.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Abortion opponents file two lawsuits targeting the voter-approved constitutional amendment for reproductive rights in Ohio; lawmakers want to put a photo ID requirement to vote in the state constitution; and a new film examines native people who were in Ohio 250 years ago.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A lawsuit accuses a local jail of abusing a person held on an ICE detainer; supporters of a new bill say it could have prevented a child's death had the legislation been law; and E-bikes open up opportunities for those who are challenged by conventional bicycles.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Cuts in Ohio's Medicaid budget may force almost 300,000 off of the program in the next decade; connecting kids to nature by having them help save it; and using the expansion of data centers to expand renewable energy generation.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including a group hoping to ban data centers in Ohio is gathering signatures for a ballot measure, small farmers react to a proposed farm bill, and Premier Health is looking for a new CEO.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. A bipartisan committee is being formed to look into concerned about data centers in Ohio and how the companies building them are responding; there is an uptick in foreclosures; and a festival aims to reduce suicide in the LGBTQ+ community.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Downtown Dayton has a new police substation, a design college in Kettering closes and a Dayton drag troupe celebrates a major milestone.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Dayton Police have suspended its automated license plate reader program due to policy violations, Middletown City Schools have a new Superintendent, and Frogman may become Ohio's first official cryptid.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to hear an appeal to overturn the conviction of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's conviction in the FirstEnergy nuclear power plant bailout scandal, Beavercreek will place an income tax on the November ballot, and a Middletown steel plant wants to continue using fossil fuels instead of hydrogen to power the facility's steel-making furnaces.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including the closure of Sheltered Inc in Clark County, Beavercreek residents will once again vote on implementing an income tax, and another attempt to legalize assisted suicide in Ohio.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including several bills aimed to create leave for Ohio workers who don't have it, a tale of two Republicans in Clark County, and an open house at an emergency shelter for young people.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including incorrect language for the Kettering City School levy on some absentee ballots, an effort to place a ballot measure to abolish property taxes in Ohio is falling short, and a prescription drug drop-off event in Harrison Township.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including the cancellation of federal funding for a local agricultural project, Miami University's Myaamia Center celebrates its 25th anniversary, and A Springfield resident is one of the plaintiffs in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the Trump's administration's attempt to stop Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Syria.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including Dayton Police hiring a new chief from within their ranks, a business program used by Native Americans is scrutinized by the Trump Administration, and a new report says Ohio State's former president misused his position to benefit a podcaster.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including a $40 million donation to Dayton Children's by the founder of a local payroll company, the police chief and an officer from a Preble County village are on leave after visiting Cincinnati schools claiming that they were working for ICE, and a coalition is formed to fight against the possible elimination of property taxes.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including Ohio Republican senators wanting to curb local gun control measures, the U.S. House votes to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants until 2029 and a collaborative approach for Clark State College's agricultural students.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including Dayton area law enforcement claiming to be working for ICE raiding schools in Cincinnati, an update on a co-op market in Yellow Springs, and is the sixth time a charm for an earned income tax for Beavercreek City residents?

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including two groups coming together to encourage voting by mail, Dayton's police chief to take a job in North Carolina, a dramatic rise in Lyme disease in Ohio, and the Downtown Dayton Partnership cuts staff.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including staffing issues at some Springfield fire stations, a ban on synthetically-modified kratom will take effect in May, and a new forum celebrates the arts in Montgomery County.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including Ohio taking on some of the costs of administering SNAP food benefits, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reacts to news about a police visit to Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton's home, and an upcoming town hall will update a local market's transition to a co-op grocery store.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including the funeral for an Ohio National Guard member who was killed in a crash in Iraq last month, and an effort to expand access to E15 fuel.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including efforts to reduce violence against heath care workers, a program to help those who have experienced the suicide of a loved one, and the merger of two nonprofit heath care facilities in Xenia.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including an effort to dramatically reform sports betting in Ohio, the City of Dayton is looking for public input as it considers an overhaul of its zoning code, and a celebration of funk unites Dayton's two dance companies.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including an Ohio high school teacher is suing his school district for violating his free speech, conservatives in Ohio are proposing their version of the SAT and ACT college entrance exams, and Kettering Health is expanding its presence in Xenia.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including an investigation into possible price-fixing in the fertilizer industry, the leading candidates for Ohio governor reveal their plans to increase affordability for Ohio residents, and a dedication ceremony honoring a local family's contribution during America's revolutionary period.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio, including a committee in Urbana is looking into the impacts of data centers in their community, YS Home Inc is expanding its efforts to repair homes for low-income people, and the Greater Dayton LGBT Center is celebrating 50 years of advocacy and outreach.

WYSO Today covers news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. Today's news include proposed changes in tax regulation, West Chester development, lower child abuse cases in Montgomery County, and more.