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    Your voice matters: How to submit a letter to the editor or pitch an opinion column
    Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing board an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment during a combat readiness inspection at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base, Ohio, July 14, 2025. CONTRIBUTED
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    OPINION: Ohio’s citizen warriors deserve our support
    A group of pastors from Montgomery County asked Butler County commissioners Tuesday to drop the contract with ICE to house prisoners in Jail. WCPO
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    OPINION: Commissioners have the power to end ICE contract
    Gabriel de Arruda Castro, Cedarville University professor
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    OPINION: Khamenei and his top military advisers do not deserve any mourning
    Tiffany Ways, left, chief school health officer of Health Partners of Western Ohio, First Lady Fran DeWine, center, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine share laughs as a speaker talks to students and teachers about the new children's eyesight program, OhioSEE, at Northeastern Elementary School on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in South Vienna. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    OPINION: DeWine should be applauded for Haitian approach
    Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati
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    Letters to the editor: Stop property taxes and tax breaks for Ohio stadiums
    Stanley Schwartz, Cedarville University professor
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    OPINION: Cuba may be next on the list for Trump administration
    This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) that are operating in support of the war in Iran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)
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    Letters to the editor: What is the goal in Iran?; property taxes wrong
    A plume of smoke rises following a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Letters to the editor: Trump made massive mistake with Iran; property taxes hurting us
    Derek Wright votes at the polling location in the gymnasium of Creekview Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    OPINION: Proposed Ohio bills are government overreach
    Jim Fescina, right, with AxOhioTax, gets signatures from Rob and Belinda Batdorf as they go in to pay taxes Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 at Butler County Government Services Center building on High Street in Hamilton. AxOhioTax was collecting signatures in order to put property tax repeal on the November ballot. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Letters to the editor: Property taxes in Ohio must be eliminated
    Rob Scott
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    OPINION: No property taxes in Ohio? Then who pays the bills?
    Lacy Arriaga, 37, of Springfield, (center) speaks during a press conference Saturday outside of the Southgate shopping center in Springfield. Local advocates gathered to show support for her family as her husband, Juan Arriaga Reyes, 45, was recently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following his annual check-in with the agency. He is being held at the Butler County Correctional Complex and is expected to be deported back to Mexico soon. SAM WILDOW/STAFF
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    OPINION: Husband, father is more than another notch in DHS’ deportation count
    FILE — Police officers detain a faith leader at a protest in front of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Nov. 14, 2025. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow Roman Catholic clergy members to minister to people at a detention center near Chicago on Ash Wednesday, after they had been denied access for months. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
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    Letters to the editor: Immigration laws need fixed
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    OPINION: Why Congress must vote on Operation Epic Fury
    Ed Maloof, left, with AxOhioTax, gets signature from Donna Trueman Bryant as she goes to pay taxes Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 at Butler County Government Services Center building on High Street in Hamilton. AxOhioTax was collecting signatures in order to put property tax repeal on the November ballot. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Letters to the editor: No one wants to cut government and heating costs killing us
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    OPINION: Statehouse won’t dig into Epstein connections
    Jeffrey Hammond is the dean of the Robert W. Plaster School of Business at Cedarville University.
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    OPINION: Tariffs, overreach, and a court that said ‘enough’
    Voter Guide 2024: Kyle Koehler, candidate for State Senator for Ohio 10th Senate District
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    OPINION: Let’s help Ohio students find pathways to great careers
    FILE - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building is seen in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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    Letters to the editor: Protect our environment; why so much hate for the President
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    OPINION: Job market under the surface is anything but robust
    Rodney Veal host of the "Art Show" on Think TV as well as the podcast “Inspired By." CONTRIBUTED
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    OPINION: Exhibit a powerful affirmation of Black life and artistry
    Aerial view of homes in Trenton. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    OPINION: Why Ohio homeowners are questioning property taxes
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    Letters to the editor: Creating legacies for African Americans; let President do his job
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