High school is supposed to prepare young adults for their future as adults — whether it’s time to further their ambitions in college or enter into the workforce after graduation. Though plenty of people would love to have a do-over for aspects of their life that didn’t go as planned, ...
“The second day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God ...
It is important for those in government to be forward-thinking and keep a positive outlook. It is also important for them to be realistic and honest about assessing challenges. So, when the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announces the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the ...
In April of this year, the unemployment rate for those in Ohio’s arts and entertainment sector was 21%. Though employment in the sector improved a bit by May, the damage of more than a year of pandemic-related closures is clear. According to a report by Ohio Citizens for the Arts, its members ...
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate are scrambling this week in a mad-dash sprint to the finish line of an approximate $74 billion state spending plan for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Time’s up for fiscal year 2021 at midnight Wednesday, so if legislators are to beat the ...
There was a time when Republicans tended to be pro-business conservatives who understood that when it comes to government meddling, less is more. Yet in Ohio, pending legislation in the House of Representatives would tell both public AND private employers they are prohibited from requiring ...
It’s hard to overstate how much we owe the men and women who sign up to serve in the armed forces. They are willing to sacrifice their very lives for the rest of us. They are willing to do whatever is asked. In the case of those in the Ohio National Guard and State Defense Force, the mission ...
During a Congressional hearing last week, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., hosted a panel of experts to help lawmakers focus on the costs of moving too quickly in our effort to address the health of our environment and the transition of our economy. At the forefront of the discussion was not ...
Last month, Preservation Ohio released its list of the sites to be added to the state’s most endangered historic locations. Included on the list were the Price House in Jackson, the Keyser-Swain House in Cuyahoga Falls, the Henry County Cultural Center in Napoleon, the Historic Ford ...
It seems common sense: Prisons are meant to discipline criminals by keeping them locked away from the rest of society. The function of a prison is to keep the inmates, well, imprisoned. But according to a recent Associated Press report, our nation’s minimum-security federal prison facilities ...