Regarding two March articles that the Richland Source had online, ”Mansfield’s second annual Transgender Day of Visibility calls on community to ‘lead with love’,” on 3/31, and ”Equality Act is a Trojan Horse,” 3/5, couldn’t be more different in how they see LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ+ people have the right to work, live, and access public […]
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Today we should remember the meaning of Memorial Day
EDITOR’S NOTE: Larry Obhof was the former president of the Ohio Senate from 2017 to 2020. He represented Ohio’s 22nd Senate District (consisting of Medina, Ashland, and Richland Counties, as well as portions of Holmes County) from 2011-2020. As we celebrate Memorial Day this year, please remember the purpose of the holiday. Memorial Day is […]
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Portman: It’s time to stop paying Americans to stay home
EDITOR’S NOTE: U.S. Sen. Rob Portman offered the following op/ed piece for Barron’s magazine on May 24. Current law provides that at least until Labor Day, a supplemental federal payment of $300 per week will continue to be added to state unemployment insurance benefits, nearly doubling the average UI payment, and resulting in more than […]
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Sherrod Brown: Protecting Ohio kids from child abuse
Sadly, we know child deaths due to abuse are far too common. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System estimated that 1,840 children died from abuse and neglect in 2019, and we know those numbers probably don’t even tell the full story Right now, the lack of a clear definition for “child maltreatment fatality” […]
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Yost joins 20 attorneys general in warning HHS it cannot federally fund abortion
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is leading a group of 20 other attorneys general in demanding the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services not break the law as it considers a rule change that would allow for federal funding of abortions. Title X — a federal law that funds family-planning services — […]
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‘Here we are and here we go:’ Dillon Carr introduces himself to Ashland
Hello Ashland. If we haven’t met yet, my name is Dillon Carr. Having grown up in Mansfield, and graduated in 2010 from Ontario High School, our paths likely haven’t crossed yet. But I’m happy to be back in these parts and eager to get rolling on coverage you’ve come to expect from Ashland Source. A […]
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Brown: Let’s talk investing in manufacturing innovation
China and our competitors spend billions propping up state-owned enterprises and investing in research and development, monetizing our ideas, and using them to compete against American businesses, while paying their workers less and giving them fewer rights. I want the technologies that will drive the next generation of manufacturing – from semiconductors to hydrogen buses […]
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Faith is worth fighting for
The motto that I live by and will lead by in the U.S. Senate was once written by the Preacher Oswald Chambers: “When you fear God, you fear nothing else.” Oswald Chambers wrote his first book in Ohio over 100 years ago and his words still ring true today. Similarly, the Hebrew bible, given to […]
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Rob Portman: Breaking the prison cycle
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial by U.S. Senator Rob Portman originally appeared in The Sandusky Register. It can be viewed here. Spring is a time of new beginnings, so it is a fitting time to hold up those who have started new lives of meaning and purpose after being convicted of a crime and serving their […]
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Poll: Local media entities more trusted than national media
ASHLAND — Circulated news can be traced to the Renaissance Era. In the 1400’s, highly sensationalized pamphlets were regularly distributed to the public, landmarking the birth of blatant bias in the media. In the United States, the level of trust in the national news media peaked in the 1970’s in the Watergate Era, and has […]