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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 21 and praised her impres…
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- This week, former Ohio Governor Bob Taft and I joined forces to encourage all Ohioans to vote in this upcoming election. We…
Letters To The Editor
As an Ohioan, my response to Senator Rob Portman’s op-ed, Let’s use common sense solutions to promote conservation was hallelujah — with a caveat.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This op/ed from U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) was first made available to the Canton Repository on Oct. 4, 2020.
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More than 50 years ago, we passed the Fair Housing Act, and a series of other fair housing and fair lending laws, to outlaw discrimination, pr…
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How can we make sense of 2020 and actually use it to get better? Nyshia Brooks, coordinator for the Mansfield chapter of Crime Survivors for S…
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Over the last six months, the United States has seen various forms of lockdown as we have worked to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The…
Letters To The Editor
Social connectedness is key. At a time when connectedness has been challenged beyond our imagination, all Americans play a role in suicide pre…
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This week, as we are supposed to be honoring Labor Day and supporting the people who make this country work, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell has…
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The U.S. Postal Service is an essential institution in our country. It’s not a partisan institution – in fact, it brings us together. The post…
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Editor's Note: Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) shared this column with Richland Source. It first appeared in Real Clear Defense on Sept. 2, 2020.
Letters To The Editor
What type of society do we live in where we refuse to accept the fact that others might not have the same same thoughts or ideas as we do?
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This editorial by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman was originally published by the Cincinnati Enquirer on Aug. 28. Sen. Portman shared it …
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This opinion editorial by Congressman Troy Balderson was originally published in the Delaware Gazette.
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MANSFIELD -- Strip clubs in the United States generated an estimated $8.1 billion in revenue in 2019, employing less than 60,000 people.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Sen. Rob Portman's office offered this editorial to Richland Source, which originally appeared in the Sandusky Register on Aug. 11.