Five hundred and fifty men and women at General Motor’s Ultium battery plant in Lordstown just got laid off. These weren’t make-work jobs. These were the kinds of high-skilled, high-wage, American manufacturing roles that Washington claims to care about — until it’s time to stand up ...

Warning: this column is a dark path to a gaudy “Great Gatsby” party while children go hungry. We know the damage cellphones cause to kids and teenagers in learning and mental health epidemics of anxiety and depression. The research results are in. Private and public schools are banning ...

Ohio lawmakers are missing an opportunity to show they are capable of stepping up when federal lawmakers do not. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, there have not yet been any hearings — nor are any scheduled — for House Bill 502, “Appropriate funds for SNAP, TANF, WIC ...

The phrase about turning off the lights when one leaves someplace appears to have originated with two real estate agents in Seattle. It was 1971, and Boeing was laying off employees during an economic downturn. It was meant to be humorous, though the unemployed probably didn’t see it that ...

The sound you heard was windows being smashed at the East Wing. The sound you did not hear was questions from officials paid to monitor what happens to a National Heritage Site. The White House is owned by the American people, not any current inhabitant. It’s true that other presidents ...

Today, Ohioans who have not already voted will head to the polls for this year’s general election. According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, as of Oct. 27 there had been 61,308 absentee ballots returned and 98,382 early in-person ballots cast. Nearly 160,000 people had already ...