The federal government spent $1.8 trillion more than it collected in tax revenue in fiscal year 2024, according to figures released Friday by U.S. Treasury Department. 

The City of Hillsboro announced it is extending its Phase II Water Emergency, while city council members also voted to approve preliminary legislation for a new “incentive district” in the Fairground Road neighborhood during their Thursday, Oct. 17 meeting.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development in Ohio State Director Jonathan McCracken announced Friday that an Ohio project has been selected to move forward in the awards process to repair or replace essential community facilities damaged by disasters in calendar years 2022 or 2023.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) Director Stephen D. Dackin Friday announced that Ohio was awarded a $60 million Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

After requesting citizenship status information about registered voters in Florida, and not receiving it from federal agencies as required by law, Florida sued.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) in Ohio State Director Jonathan McCracken announced Friday nearly $3.1 million in grant funding for 10 projects through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

Sixteen attorneys general, led by Ohio AG Dave Yost, called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide voter registration information to states.

A coalition of 24 states, led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, have signed a brief against a federal electric truck mandate.

An independent review panel called for leadership changes and refocusing the U.S. Secret Service on its core mission after multiple severe and fatal failures during former President Donald Trump's July 13 campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The vice president, whose party has occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for 12 of the last 16 years, was on later in the evening with Fox News host Bret Baier. She was inconsistent with her answer from a week earlier telling American voters her “presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.”

Marietta Municipal Mental Health Court and 10 other specialized dockets throughout Ohio are recipients of $1.3 million in federal gun violence reduction grants recently distributed by the state Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS).

State Rep. Bob Peterson (R-Sabina) today announced that the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation will receive $129,628 to assess the East Monroe Tank Farm. 

Federal prosecutors filed a motion seeking protections for discovery materials in the case that would prohibit Wesley Ryan Routh, 58, from possessing discovery materials outside the presence of his defense team unless authorized by prosecutors. 

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation into the Department of Energy (DOE) after uncovering new information that suggests America’s most advanced scientific institution, Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using machinery linked to the Chinese military. 

President Joe Biden issued the following statement Thursday.