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Josh Sweigart

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Starvation case shows abuse in state system

9:33 PM Saturday, January 7, 2012

DAYTON — In the year leading up to 14-year-old Makayla Norman starving to death in her home, the home care agency responsible for feeding her received nearly $1 million in Medicaid funds caring for Makayla and 112 other disabled clients.

Phone plan being abused

12:03 AM Monday, November 28, 2011

Companies are flooding low-income households with free cellphones and minutes under a plan overseen by the federal government that is prone to abuse, a Hamilton JournalNews investigation has found.

Police at OSU paid more than $1M in overtime

1:58 AM Sunday, September 25, 2011

Two Ohio State University police officers worked so many extra shifts in 2010 that their overtime pay was thousands more than their base salaries, pushing their total compensation over $165,000 each, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.

BMV records are secret

8:47 PM Friday, August 12, 2011

They may collect millions of dollars from area residents in fees, but the operators of the region’s busiest license offices — called deputy registrars — say how they spend money running their offices is none of the public’s business.

Trivial calls to 911 costly to taxpayers

12:57 AM Tuesday, July 12, 2011

An annoying Chihuahua. A routine checkup. A basketball score. Misplaced “dope.”

These are not reasons to call 911.

Man paid tax for years on land state took for roadway

2:37 AM Tuesday, August 17, 2010

FAIRFIELD TWP. — William Ramsey didn’t want the state taking some of his land to widen the road in front of his once-quiet Fairfield Twp.

County gets ‘relatively good’ rating on state audit

12:19 PM Thursday, August 12, 2010

HAMILTON — The state auditor’s office listed only one minor finding in its annual audit of Butler County’s finances released today, Aug.

Boehner, White House face off over local impact

1:12 AM Thursday, August 12, 2010

HAMILTON — U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner’s hawkish budget stance has drawn fire from those who say his constituents would suffer from federal spending cutbacks.