Ahead of a scheduled third reading and possible vote on a sewer rate increase in October, Hillsboro City Council members held a special meeting Wednesday, Sept. 23 to further discuss the proposal.

Driven largely by declining birth rates but worsened by several other factors, district and school board decisions to close and consolidate schools can draw anger and anxiety from parents and students. Many states are stopping short of forcing mergers, but taking a variety of steps to encourage them.

Around Ohio, utility bills are climbing and the strain families are feeling could help decide November’s election. To voters, utility bills are a straightforward problem: higher is bad. Although that equation is simple, untangling the forces driving bills higher is anything but.

Early fall coincides not only with the start of the new school year, but also ushers in the season for announcing college rankings. It’s a crowded field for what used to be singularly highlighted by U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best College rankings.

So let’s take a look at first what Republicans have done. We have secured the border for the nation. We blocked a $4 trillion tax increase. And we’ve eliminated taxes on tips, taxes on Social Security, taxes on overtime. At the same time, these Democrat candidates have come out with a manifesto. And their manifesto calls for raising taxes on American families to pay for healthcare for illegal immigrants. 

U.S. Senator Dr. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced the Six Penny Plan, a federal budget resolution that will balance on-budget outlays and revenues within five years by cutting six cents off every dollar projected to be spent over the next five fiscal years.

During the Biden-Harris DOJ's investigation of the 2020 election, codenamed Arctic Frost, and the subsequent Special Counsel investigation, investigators unconstitutionally subpoenaed phone records for over a dozen Republican members of Congress and obtained gag orders to prevent the members from knowing that the Biden-Harris Administration had obtained these records.

Indictments filed this week by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse 18 Medicaid providers of stealing more than $355,000 from the government healthcare program for the needy.