At the end of the school year, Gov. Mike DeWine attended an event at Dublin City Schools elementary school, during which he did a countdown that ended with several young students putting on their prescription glasses for the first time. It was the lead-in for DeWine to talk about the ...

The Democratic Party’s approach to Maine’s Senate race has sparked a debate that extends well beyond the state’s borders. At the center of the controversy is Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, whose campaign has been dogged by a series of damaging allegations and personal ...

Millions of Ohioans are caregivers for family members or neighbors in Ohio. As Ohio AARP Executive Director Jenny Carlson put it, “That’s 1 in 4 adults … holding up our health care system.” As public officials demand greater scrutiny over how Medicaid funds are used for at-home ...

I frequently speak with parents who have lost their child to suicide. Recently, I met with the mother of a teenage boy. She shared he had been dealing with mental health challenges for several months but seemed to be improving. One evening, he sent her a casual “I love you, Mom.” She did ...

A hoax costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and appears to incite arson attacks against dozens of churches. No, this isn’t the latest headline out of Minnesota — look a little further north. In 2021, at a time when media throughout the Western world were still in a state of ...

Carroll, Champaign, Hardin, Harrison, Holmes, Meigs, Morgan, Noble, Preble and Vinton counties did not have a single private school during the 2025 fiscal year. Most of those students simply do not have the option to use a taxpayer-funded voucher to attend a private school. Meanwhile, Ohio ...