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Editorials

Apply for housing funds

Communities across Ohio have heard from economic development professionals that employers are looking for certain things when choosing a new location. Near the top of the list is adequate affordable housing for the workforce. But here there is already a shortage of affordable housing, even as ...

Fix mapmaking process

If you are as horrified by the redistricting process in Ohio as are those who organized Citizens Not Politicians, you have another chance to add your name to the list of those who are seeking change. Now that the group’s proposal to change the political mapmaking system in the Buckeye State ...

Holding officials accountable

Monday, Ohioans learned another significant figure has been indicted in the bribery scandal that exposed the dark side of Columbus politics. Former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Sam Randazzo was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery and embezzlement charges for ...

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to Martins Ferry City Council for working to livestream its public meetings. Doing so will make city government more transparent and accessible to more residents than ever before. JEERS to news that Norfolk Southern has plans to end its relocation aid for people of East Palestine, Ohio, ...

Limit kids’ online activity

Law enforcement agencies across the Buckeye State continue to work diligently against sexual predators of all kinds — from human trafficking to online crimes against children. It is a fight that never ends. But last month, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of ...

No special interest influence

U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett is right to avoid the mistakes made by politicians such as Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, as he denies a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to advise on litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements. Barrett is working on how the ...