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Opinion

Speed Awareness Day is a safety reminder for all

Editorials

Ohio drivers get their share of criticism. For goodness sake, even the Ohio Department of Transportation felt the need to gently remind those traveling on some major highways to “Live in the moment, not the left lane.” But a more serious problem for Ohio drivers is that we are among 11 ...

Parkinson’s legislation is crucial for research

Editorials

Among the items in Ohio’s newly passed state budget is a requirement that the Ohio Department of Health “establish and maintain a Parkinson’s disease registry for the collection and monitoring of the incidence of Parkinson’s disease in Ohio.” They’ve got two years to do it, but ...

Investigation is reminder that we all must be alert

Editorials

Most of us have seen the signs posted in public restrooms, or flyers distributed at large events in an attempt to give victims of human trafficking a way to get help. And for the most part, people glance at those things, assume the messages have nothing to do with them and ignore them. The ...

Vote to protect all of your future votes

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to abortion a federal right in the United States. The reversal of Roe vs. Wade has given states the authority to set their own reproductive health policies, meaning that ...

Large turnout is essential for Aug. 8 special election

Editorials

With early voting under way ahead of the Aug. 8 special election to decide Ohio Issue 1, significant voter turnout will be essential to ensuring such an important decision is not made for all of us by a tiny percentage of voters. Changes to polling places in many counties may be a deterrent ...

Still waiting for an answer

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I have somewhat gotten a more “peaceful feeling” since our Congress and “the man in the White House,” through “many tough negotiations,” averted a national debt ceiling crisis. For example, delay in Social Security, to which it is said that almost 60 percent of ...