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Editorial

Lawmakers make good decisions to protect West Virginia children

Lawmakers made some good decisions regarding the state House Education Committee’s substitute for House Bill 5180. They reinstated a requirement that those providing home instruction to students must have a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent. They removed a section that would have ...

Checking for unclaimed funds might just be worth your time

As we approach the end of February, Unclaimed Funds Month may be wrapping up, but that does not end the opportunity to check with the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds about whether there is money being held in your name. Department of Commerce data shows ...

Ohio BWC lowers premiums reflecting workplace safety

Employers of all kinds appear to be doing better at keeping their workers healthy and safe on the job, as private employers of Ohio will now see their sixth rate reduction in a row on premiums paid to the Ohio Board of Workers’ Compensation. This follows a reduction for public employers that ...

Ohio lawmakers must stop dragging feet on marijuana

Ohio lawmakers cannot ignore the will of the people much longer. Gov. Mike DeWine was right this week to ask them to stop dragging their feet on implementing rules for legalized recreational marijuana, which voters approved more than three months ago. “What we don’t want to do is see a big ...

It is time to raise expectations for law enforcement officers

Ohio residents have been bombarded in recent years by stories that indicate our law enforcement officers are not always fully equipped to protect and serve. Among the many calls for reform have been increasing the training requirements for becoming an officer in the first place. It would be a ...

Detractors may have a point, but Biden visit was not useless

There was more than a grain of truth in some critics’ assertion that President Joe Biden’s arrival in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 16, was a campaign stop that came a year too late to do any real good for residents of that community. Nevertheless, he did visit and praised the “Herculean ...