Opinion
Protecting victims of human trafficking
Ohio knows all too well that human trafficking isn’t a problem from the distant past, or one found only in countries across the world — Oh...
School’s cruel with lunch money threat
You wouldn’t think people would want the title of “America’s Meanest,” but it seems so many are vying for it.Today’s win...
Bearing witness at the border
Last week, Connie and I traveled to El Paso, Texas, on our southern border, to bear witness to this humanitarian crisis. We met with children and fami...
Fighting resurgence of meth and cocaine
Here in Ohio, we are finally making progress on stemming the tide of opioid abuse that’s been hitting our communities hard. In fact, from June o...
New holiday will hang the moon
It’s time to give our national holidays an upgrade. Let’s make July 20 Moonwalk Day.July 20 is, of course, the day that man first walked o...
Connecting Ohio educators with D.C. legislators
When I first came to the Senate, I met with a number of higher education leaders around Ohio. In these conversations we realized how little opportunit...
Honoring Ohio law enforcement
Each year during National Police Week, we honor our law enforcement officers, and the families who support them and sacrifice alongside them. They all...
Stay smart following severe weather
With thoughts to the recent severe weather, Stephanie Miller from the Division of Forestry sent the following message to all of the Tree Commissions u...
Remembering the real Memorial Day
I’ve become a stickler about some things after years of editing stories for newspapers and summing them up for a headline. Maybe that’s wh...
May 20th, 2019 updated: May 22nd, 2019. |
Time to celebrate teachers
As I travel around Ohio visiting schools, I see great teaching happening everywhere — a teacher in Swanton bringing history to life through inte...
