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Guest columnists

School lunches always should be free

During the pandemic, the government embarked on a beautiful experiment: expanding public programs to stave off poverty. One critical component was ensuring that public school students had free lunches regardless of family income. During the 2020-2021 school year, 98 percent of all school ...

School lunches always should be free

During the pandemic, the government embarked on a beautiful experiment: expanding public programs to stave off poverty. One critical component was ensuring that public school students had free lunches regardless of family income. During the 2020-2021 school year, 98 percent of all school ...

Disarming domestic abusers protects everyone in country

Before the Lewiston, Maine, spree shooting suspect began voicing plans to “shoot up” his community, there was already a red flag that he might someday commit a mass shooting. The same red flag was also present well before a Florida Republican donor shot his wife and then killed himself in a ...

Opioid settlements will be impactful to Ohioans

For decades, Ohio, like every state, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Thousands of lives have been lost to substance-use disorders and thousands more continue to struggle with this disease. As the pharmaceutical industry begins to pay out lawsuit settlements as a consequence of its ...

Remember to honor veterans today

Veterans Day is an important opportunity to honor the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our country and reflect on the extraordinary sacrifices they and their families have made to preserve our freedoms. I’m proud to represent a population of more than 26,000 ...

Issue 1 addresses only private medical choices

This November, Ohioans are voting “yes” on Issue 1 to keep government out of our family’s personal decisions. Ohioans agree abortion is a personal, private decision that should be up to women and their families, not the government. Ohioans are voting yes, because that is the only way to ...