The COVID-19 pandemic only highlighted what we already knew – teachers are essential workers. Educators sacrifice so much for their students, and for our state. Unfortunately, that hard work never pays off the way it should. On average, teachers are paid 20 percent less than other college graduates. Many of them work second jobs just […]
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LaRose: Biden policies foster illegal immigration, drugs & human trafficking into U.S.
COLUMBUS — The Biden Administration recently announced it would end Title 42, pandemic-era border controls. Make no mistake, this will only increase the already skyrocketing flow of illegal migration, drugs, and human trafficking across our southern border. As an active duty soldier I served as part of a counter-narcotics task force on the U.S./Mexican border […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: House Bill 235 – Forced unionization for refineries means higher gas prices
Our country was founded on the principles of opportunity, individual freedom and less government control. The ideals of less government and free markets have been successful strategies in American competitiveness for more than 200 years. Yet Ohio lawmakers are considering legislation – Ohio House Bill 235 – that could tip the scales, choose winners and […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ontario Schools on May 3 Ballot: Zero Increase to Taxpayers
On May 3, residents of Ontario Local Schools will vote on a 10-year renewal levy that will result in zero additional cost to taxpayers. The district is combining two levies set to expire soon. The first is a 4.2 mill operating levy that is expiring at the end of this calendar year. It was first […]
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Opinion: Bail reform legislation has widespread bipartisan support
A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision reached by following existing law has prompted renewed focus on changing the state’s bail system for people accused of crimes who are subject to jail while awaiting trial. Bail is a cash payment put up as security to keep a defendant out of jail pending trial and to assure […]
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Letter to the Editor: In defense of SPARK
Dear Richland Source friends, Appleseed Community Mental Health Center, in partnership with Ashland City Schools, Loudonville-Perrysville Schools, Ashland County Job and Family Services, United Way of Ashland County, and the Early Childhood Resource Center and the Ohio Department of Education, are privileged to bring the Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) program to Ashland […]
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Sherrod Brown: Improving Ohio’s farm infrastructure
Planting season is almost here. Across our state, farmers have prepared all winter to begin the hard work of growing the food that feeds the world. In Ohio, agriculture supports one in every eight jobs, and over the past two years, Ohio farmers and producers have faced and overcome unprecedented challenges. The pandemic combined with […]
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Yost wins court order; arrest & deportation of dangerous felons to resume
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost won a nationwide court order today that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume enforcing the law regarding convicted dangerous felons and immigrants who have lost their last appeal to remain in the country. Under the Biden Administration, DHS had issued a new “interior immigration enforcement […]
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Letter to the Editor: intensive phonics does not help performance on tests of reading comprehension
To the editor, Melissa Martin thinks that “the winner is phonics” (March 21). The research tells us, however, that intensive phonics instruction only results in short-term gains on tests in which students have to pronounce words presented out of context; intensive phonics does not help performance on tests of reading comprehension. The real winner is […]
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Sherrod Brown: Protecting striking workers health insurance
In our country, workers have rights. Corporations shouldn’t be able to take away the health care that workers earned just because workers stand up for themselves and exercise those rights. It’s why I introduced the Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act, to require employers to continue providing health insurance to workers on strike for fair pay […]