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    Your voice matters: How to submit a letter to the editor or pitch an opinion column
    Thomas Suddes
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    OPINION: Readers react to property tax issues in Ohio
    Ohio Auditor Keith Faber
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    Letters to the editor: GOP has been in control; Is it time to push panic button
    An ICE agent stands outside a warehouse as federal officials tour the facility to consider repurposing it as an ICE detention facility, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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    Letters to the editor: ICE is doing its job; Faber doesn’t get vote
    Every election season, the same scenario plays out across Ohio: school districts put levies on the ballot, and taxpayers are told to vote yes or risk “losing our schools.” STAFF
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    OPINION: School levies becoming a substitute for reform in Ohio
    FILE - State Rep. Elliot Forhan asks questions during a hearing, March 7, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. In a report issued Friday, April 5, 2024, an independent state-ordered investigation has concluded that Ohio legislative leaders were justified in discipling Rep. Forhan who was removed by House Democratic leadership from committees and banned from contacting staff following an alleged pattern of “erratic and abusive behavior.” (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
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    OPINION: Elliot Forhan must drop out of Ohio Attorney General race
    Jim Brooks
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    OPINION: The humor, irony, and wisdom of Mark Twain
    Stanley Schwartz, Cedarville University professor
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    OPINION: Let’s find some civic spirit this President’s Day
    Springfield NAACP President Denise Williams, left, comforts, Geurline Jozef, founder of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, as music plays during Here We Stand: Faith Leaders for Immigration Justice & Family Unity at St. John Missionary Baptist Church on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Springfield. Pastors and community members gathered to pray and call for the extension of Temporary Protected Status which is scheduled to expire on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    OPINION: The nation should know that Springfield is not broken
    John Kulewicz. Ohio Democrat attorney general candidate.
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    OPINION: Faber reckless, wrong in his opinion on ICE actions
    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
    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, delivered a press conference on January 5, 2026, alongside Department of Children and Youth Director Kara Wente regarding concerns about subsidized childcare fraud.
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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
    A drone view of snow-covered Trenton on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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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
    Federal agents stand guard, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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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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