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    Your voice matters: How to submit a letter to the editor or pitch an opinion column
    CARTOONS: Michael Ramirez, Jan. 22, 2026
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    CARTOONS: Politics for the week
    Gabriel Castro, Cedarville University professor
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    OPINION: Who will enforce international law?
    Property taxes
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    OPINION: Abolishing property taxes a bad idea for Ohio
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    OPINION: Springfield bracing for what’s next following Haitian TPS deadline
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    OPINION: Local small businesses struggle under local big business policy
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    Letter’s to the editor: Remember who made votes; help your local firefighters
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    OPINION: How Ohio got here in property tax fiasco
    Art Jipson
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    OPINION: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons increased risks to public safety
    Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber.
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    OPINION: Provoking fear about ICE is not leadership
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    Letters to the editor: No new data centers; ICE tactics have to stop
    Dan Meixner
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    OPINION: Celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a brief history lesson
    Thomas Suddes is an adjunct assistant professor at Ohio University. Previously, he was a veteran Statehouse reporter for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.
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    OPINION: Statewide races shaping up in Ohio
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    OPINION: Federal agents should not be above the law
    Glen Duerr
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    OPINION: The debate over Greenland
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    Letters to the editor: Gun study not needed; stop with the ‘F’ Word
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    OPINION: True free market principles can cure local housing issues
    Meagan Pant is a graduate of the communication master’s degree program at the University of Dayton and a former reporter for the Dayton Daily News
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    OPINION: Miscarriage does not have to be a lonely experience
    Ohio's top 2026 Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton, left, and presumptive Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, right.
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    OPINION: Ohio governor candidates have chance to denounce hate
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    OPINION: Ohio voters fighting back against corruption, failed policies
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    Opinion: Ohio senators should support workforce act
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    Letters to the editor: All in for Dayton, Turner deserves credit
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    OPINION: Ohio legislative agenda most likely about politics than policies
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    OPINION: The future as the past is rooted in the liberal arts at Wittenberg
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