In the days leading up to Christmas, the Internal Revenue Service revealed that it would be giving something of a “present” to roughly 4.6 million Americans who owe back taxes for the tax years 2020 and 2021, as an incentive for those taxpayers to pay up their past-due amounts. That ...

In Ohio, the number of students missing a significant amount of school time has become such a concern that two lawmakers have pitched what may seem like an outlandish idea. State Reps. Bill Seitz, R-Green Twp., and Dani Isaacsohn, D-Evanston, want to establish a pilot program that would ...

CHEERS to all the workers who will be out today and this weekend, clearing snow and ice from streets and sidewalks to make travel safer for all the rest of us as we experience a winter storm. JEERS to the fact that a Tri-County Help Center official reported that more than a dozen local people ...

Since 2019, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Expedited Pardon Project has given more than 100 people a second chance by simplifying and speeding up the pardon process. Partnering law schools provide free support for those submitting pardon requests, and those submitted through the project are ...

Cold yet? Wait until the end of the week. The icy blast will intensify and our need to take care of ourselves, our homes, our pets and maybe even our neighbors will intensify. Many of us are fortunate enough to be in warm, well-insulated homes in which there is little worry we will need to ...

As happened in most states when COVID-19 struck, Ohio over-purchased. Now, much of that stockpile is expiring. Ohio auctioned 393,000 protective gowns … for $2,451. The state had to throw away another 7.2 million of them, along with expired masks, gloves and other protective gear. ...