A lot of changes are planned for the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

Today in the Morning Briefing, we look into the projects on the table at the museum. We also update you on our reporting about how President Donald Trump’s early actions affect the Dayton area.

If you have thoughts or feedback on this newsletter or other news tips, please let me know at Kyle.Nagel@coxinc.com.

Want to read the digital version of the newspaper? Click here for our daily ePaper.

The newsletter should take about 3 minutes, 32 seconds to read.

***

Boonshoft Museum is getting $10.5M in improvements; here’s what will change

The Boonshoft plans to invest about $10.5 million into its north Dayton facility.

• Funding: The museum has raised about $4.5 million of a roughly $10.5 million goal to renovate the facility.

• What’s happened so far: The museum recently opened a Children’s Wellness interactive exhibit that was under construction for about a year and a half.

• What’s coming: Among other things, the planetarium will be closed for a couple of weeks to update the sound and projection system and computer software. The museum lobby is expected to close in late summer or early fall so that a large new exhibit can be installed. The exhibit is an Ice Age diorama featuring adult and juvenile mastodons and giant beavers.

• About the museum: The Boonshoft Museum is home to interactive exhibits, a planetarium, a Discovery zoo with roughly 100 animals, and a large collection of items like multi-cultural artifacts, dinosaur bones, fossils, rocks, minerals and meteorites.

Trump executive orders impacting Dayton region: 7 things to know

President Donald Trump wasted no time in implementing his America First agenda upon taking office last week. Our reporters are hard at work analyzing actions and directives from the White House and how they may impact the Dayton region.

• Executive orders: Trump issued dozens of executive orders in the first days of his administration. Here’s an initial list of orders and what they mean, assembled by our reporters.

• Hiring freeze: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a cornerstone of Dayton’s economy — employing thousands of civilians as well as military men and women — so we looked at the potential local how a 90-day hiring freeze on hiring. Read that story here.

• Back to work: Another order that impacts Wright-Patt (and surrounding communities) is a return-to-work order for federal employees. There are traffic concerns around the base, but a potential upside for businesses in Fairborn and Beavercreek that saw a decline in foot traffic amid hybrid work.

• Jan. 6 defendants: Trump pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or said he would dismiss cases for the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting police officers. Here is a look at the Jan. 6 defendants from our area impacted.

What to know today

• One big takeaway: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents participated with local police in a traffic stop and detention of people on Wilmington Pike on the Montgomery-Greene County border on Sunday.

• Tip of the day: Insomnia Cookies, known for serving warm cookies all day and late into the night, has opened a second location in the Dayton region near Wright State University.

• Person to know today: Joe Thuney. The area native and Alter High School graduate is headed back to the Super Bowl as an offensive lineman with the Kansas City Chiefs.

• Things to do: Winter Restaurant Week is in full swing with nearly 40 restaurants in the Dayton region offering meal deals through Sunday.

• Photo of the day: SICSA Pet Adoption and Wellness Center hosted a puppy yoga event with RYT 200 yoga teacher Maureen Warren on Saturday. Photographer Tom Gilliam was there to produce a photo gallery of the event.