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Editorials

Powering Ohio’s future: Why coal still matters

Right now, California faces rotating power outages previously only seen in Third World countries. Pretty soon, they’ll be coming to Ohio, too — unless we do something about it now. Fortunately, President Donald Trump took a major step earlier this month to address this looming crisis by ...

Trump must steer away from tariffs, economic turmoil

President Donald Trump supporters think the president always strategizes ahead of others — like multidimensional chess. Trump critics think the man who beat Democrats twice is too stupid to think, much less strategize. Those closest to Mr. Trump say he is doing what he does best — going ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To the Trumbull County Commissioners and to township trustees in Howland and Warren townships for approving tax abatements for the Kimberly-Clark Corp., which is eyeing property in the county to build an $875 million manufacturing plant for the robust Fortune 500 company. Commissioners ...

Restore original funding formula for state libraries

To the Department of ”If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It” must flow one particularly reckless and potentially harmful provision of the recently passed Ohio House version of the state’s 2026-27 operating budget. That provision would close the book on a decades-old bipartisan standard ...

The true meaning, significance of Easter

Leading up to Easter, I noticed some people in my community were in upbeat moods. During a recent grocery store run, I wore my baby blue sweatshirt with “Jesus” on the back. While waiting for a store clerk to assist me with my purchases — I had overlooked that I was due two free bags of ...

Hey, Democrats! It’s the economy

Many in the Democratic base are frustrated that their party isn’t pounding away at Donald Trump over his attacks on the rule of law, academic independence and decency. That’s not quite the case. Democrats and others opposed to the president’s toxic agenda are seeing some success in the ...