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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179th Cyberspace Wing officially formed in Mansfield on Saturday
MANSFIELD — Col. Darren Hamilton knows the history of the storied flying missions of the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard as well as anyone in Hangar 102 on Saturday afternoon. A Bellville native, the current wing commanding officer joined the 179th as a C-130 crew chief 37 years ago, rising through […]
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LaRose: Brown stands in way of small-town Ohio
EDITOR’S NOTE: This op/ed piece was authored by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, in response to this column by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). LaRose is a GOP U.S. Sen. candidate in Ohio. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved going to the county fair. The rides, the food, the animals. It’s like […]
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OPINION: LaRose calls Trump’s arrest “anti-American”
COLUMBUS — United States Senate candidate Frank LaRose issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s arrest this week in Georgia: “As the chief elections officer of a major battleground state, I believe all candidates have a right to ensure that every legal vote is cast and counted, and they’re entitled to due process if they […]