Premier Showmen 4-H Club member Wyatt Osborn recently participated in the Ohio State ATI Livestock Judging Camp held in Wooster.

I frequently answer constitutional questions from individuals who want to know more about the relationship between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most of them understand that the Constitution is a statement of positive law – that is, man-made law – but they ask whether the Declaration is law as well.

On our nation’s 250th Independence Day, let us recommit ourselves to that work — here in Ohio, in our communities, and across the republic we have inherited and must keep.

I believe Congress should pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifying that only American citizens may vote in federal elections. Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida has proposed legislation, H.J. Res. 152, that would codify this stipulation. Polling by the organization I lead, Americans for Citizen Voting, shows that nine in 10 Americans support the concept of citizen-only voting.

From handheld sparklers to dazzling displays that light up the night sky, fireworks have long been a staple of Fourth of July celebrations.

These incidents have been reported by the HPD.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) recently welcomed Emma Spriggs, the winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for Ohio’s Second Congressional District, to Washington, D.C.

The Declaration's principles transformed the relationship between individuals and government and shaped the American experiment in self-government. But self-government requires more than rights. It requires responsibility.

“The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing: U.S. 999 billion dollars, United Kingdom, 90.5 billion dollars, France 66.5 billion dollars, Italy, 48.8 billion dollars, Poland, 44.3 billion dollars. Others, including Germany, are much lower (2014-2025,” the president posted on Truth Social.