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Opinion.

Here we go again, Ohioans

Editorials

Ohio’s Redistricting Commission is, again, gearing up to redraw the state’s congressional map — ahead of the 2026 elections; and meant to stand for the next three elections. And so we are back where we started — recall that the redistricting commission essentially refused to do its ...

Hold Intel accountable

Editorials

It gets a little harder each time to match state officials’ public optimism that Intel will live up to all its promises to Ohioans, when the news is that — again — momentum is slowing. In fact, last week Intel said it will “further slow” the pace of construction on a microchip ...

Celebrating summer fun

Editorials

Summer is here, and it is a season of celebration in Eastern Ohio and the Upper Ohio Valley area. Already this year, a number of festivities have taken place in communities all across the region. From chili cook-offs to the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend and, just this past week, the Upper ...

A week of losses for the entertainment world

Columns

What a week! The past several days have been filled with nothing but bad news from a pop culture perspective. First, last Sunday came word that Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known to my generation as “Theo” for his 1980s role as Theodore Huxtable in “The Cosby Show,” had died. He was 54 ...

Why the budget law is tailored to help Ohio families

Columns

“Where I land on policy always depends on how it affects people in Ohio.” That’s what I wrote earlier this year, and that’s why I supported the bill that extended the 2017 tax cuts and made urgent investments in our national defense and border security. This budget bill saved ...

Worries about AI

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,” (2 Thessalonians 2:9) The previous Bible verse is a reference to the antichrist. I know there are those of you ...