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West Chester Township trustees will consider three police equipment grants, two state road-funding applications, a mixed-use development public hearing and a 747 Corridor moratorium extension at their Oct. 13 meeting.
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An Ohio appeals court unanimously ruled the EdChoice voucher program unconstitutional on Oct. 15, siding with Lakota Local Schools and more than 300 districts that sued over the diversion of taxpayer dollars to private schools.
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West Chester Township's Zoning Commission hears three development proposals Monday, Sept. 21: an International Academy campus plan on Tylers Place Blvd, a mixed-use restaurant and retail project near Liberty Way, and 25 townhomes plus a commercial building at Gates of West Chester.
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The West Chester Township Board of Zoning Appeals will hear four cases Oct. 14, including Dar-e-Zehra's request to expand its community center onto an adjacent property and the Historical Society's plan for a pavilion to shelter a historic wagon.
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The West Chester Township Zoning Commission will hear three trustee-requested amendments to the 2025 zoning code and three development proposals, including a school campus, a mixed-use project and townhomes, at its Monday, Sept. 21 meeting.
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Lakota Local Schools published a voter-education explainer ahead of the Nov. 3 bond vote, detailing why the district says the $223 million facilities bond would not raise property taxes because it replaces an expiring 2.2-mill bond.
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Trenton withdrew its petition to annex 601 acres for a proposed $690 million Amazon Web Services data center campus, canceling a Butler County public hearing one day before it was scheduled, as a citizen ballot measure to ban large data centers heads to Trenton voters Nov. 3.
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House Bill 20, co-sponsored by Butler County State Rep. Thomas Hall, makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to harass emergency responders on the job and raises obstruction penalties. The law takes effect Oct. 5 and covers all Ohio first responders, including West Chester and Liberty Township police, fire and EMS crews.
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West Chester's 45069 zip code ranks 41st in Ohio for unclaimed funds, with $9.6 million held by the state's Division of Unclaimed Funds, which is urging residents to search and file claims online.
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West Chester Township trustees meet Tuesday, Sept. 8, with a packed agenda that includes a construction update on the $5 million Beckett Park East project, nuisance property abatement, new subdivision street acceptances, and a perpetual easement for Duke Energy on Voice of America land.
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Butler County commissioners will hear objections Sept. 15 from Madison and St. Clair townships over Trenton's plan to annex 601 acres for a $690 million Amazon Web Services data center, days after Trenton's council placed a citizen-led data center ban on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Lebanon on Friday, Sept. 4, to promote 287(g) partnerships, highlighting Butler County's extensive ICE agreements that directly affect West Chester and Liberty Township policing and generate millions in federal revenue.
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Lakota Local School District launched "Treasurer Tuesdays," a weekly video series featuring Interim Treasurer Randy Bertram explaining district finances, as a $223 million bond issue heads to the November ballot.
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The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ordered Trenton to let residents vote on banning large data centers, a ruling that escalates the Butler County data center fight as Liberty Township trustees weigh their own zoning restrictions on the facilities.
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