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Editorials

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to all the organizations and individual who are hosting or contributing to back-to-school events that will provide local children with the supplies they need to succeed in class. JEERS to word that an invasive pest, the spotted lanternfly, is migrating across Eastern Ohio. Fruit crops, ...

Preparing for growth

While a strong job market might sound like a good problem to have, Ohio faces a challenge. According to a report by the Dayton Daily News, the state has twice as many job openings as unemployed people. “Ohio’s job market is robust, particularly for job-seekers,” Bill Teets, director ...

Chaplains not for public schools

State Rep. Reggie Stoltzfus, R-Paris Twp., is primary sponsor for a bill that takes an unusual approach to the lack of student support services in some Ohio schools. House Bill 240 would allow public schools in the Buckeye State to employ chaplains. Yes, you read that right. Stoltzfus ...

Lawmakers must act on rail safety

For six months, politicians and railroad industry leaders — well, mostly Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw — have proclaimed their desire to “make right” what happened in East Palestine, Ohio. Since the derailment there have been hearings and meeting, promises and ... almost no ...

Keeping Kids Safe Online

Yet again, we’ve got news that federal agents have arrested a man on child pornography and exploitation charges, after that man is accused of receiving pornographic material from more than 100 victims since 2018. This time, the accused, Clay Thomas Wolfe, 28, of Junction City, Ohio, pretended ...

Draw Fair Maps in Ohio

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a North Carolina case should put to rest Ohio Republicans’ challenge that their proposed congressional maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s not going to grant a hearing now on the existing Ohio request,” Ohio ...