I thought I’d take a second to tell you how I got here. There’s so much to tell, and I want all of you to know why I am so determined to fight for the forgotten men and women of this country. Let me give you the Sparknotes version of my Hillbilly Elegy. My sister Lindsay […]
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Opinion columns written by staff or submitted to Richland Source from the community.
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Romanchuk: The case against recreational marijuana legalization
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op/ed piece was authored by State Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario). COLUMBUS — The $30 billion-dollar commercial marijuana industry is following Big Tobacco’s model of maximizing profits by getting more and more people addicted to its products. Ohioans now find themselves in the marijuana industry’s crosshairs — with a choice to make. After […]
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Frank LaRose: Protect parents by voting no on Issue 1
As a father of three young women doing my best along with my wife Lauren to raise them amid today’s mixed-up culture. There is so much to be concerned about. What messages are they getting about the world outside from the shows they watch? What will it be like when they are old enough to […]
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Sherrod Brown: Cutting taxes for Ohio’s teachers
For most teachers, hard work never pays off the way it should. It’s no secret that they are underpaid and overworked, always sacrificing for their students, families and communities. For many educators, that includes spending their own hard-earned money on classroom supplies to give students the education they deserve. According to a Department of Education […]
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OPINION: Brown, LaRose announce support for Israel
COLUMBUS — United States Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose have each issued statements in support of Israel after Saturday’s attack by Hamas. Brown, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement: “Congress’s priority right now must be providing robust military, economic, and […]
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Sherrod Brown: Ensuring 1st Responders get Social Security
Social Security is a bedrock of our middle class. It’s retirement security that Ohioans pay into and earn over a lifetime of work – and should be able to count on to be there for them when they retire. But right now, laws dating back to the 1970s and 1980s prevent almost 250,000 Ohioans from […]
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Brown: Demanding action from Norfolk Southern
It’s now been more than seven months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine. By now everyone in Ohio and around the country knows the devastation the company’s negligence has caused in that small, tight-knit community in Columbiana County. After the disaster, Norfolk Southern made a lot of big promises to Ohioans. More […]
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LaRose: Parents, not teacher’s unions, should choose what’s best for their children
The great hope held by previous generations of Americans is that their offspring will grow to be better off than themselves in a meritocracy that rewards effort and hard work. It’s the same hope Lauren and I have for our three girls. But today that hope is hanging on by a thread, compromised by a […]
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Jordan: Committees open inquiry into efforts to smear & prosecute IRS whistleblowers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding information about any attempts by Hunter Biden’s legal team to pressure the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute IRS agents Gary […]
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Ohio delegation demands transparency on renaming of Wayne National Forest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Troy Balderson (OH-12), Bill Johnson (OH-6), and Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore raising concerns over the recently announced plan to change the name of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to the Buckeye National Forest. The forest, […]