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Bill may hinder criminal checks
January 28, 2013 Ohioans who believe they can rely on criminal background checks to warn them against hiring dangerous employees may be wrong. more »»
Financial risk may overcome inertia on budget
January 25, 2013 Last Friday, House Speaker John Boehner said 1,361 days had passed since the Senate last passed a budget resolution. more »»
More and more jobs are real solution
January 23, 2013 Among other hazards of the tightrope walk members of Congress are contemplating — balancing between raising tax revenues and cutting spending to reduce budget deficits — is that either could be a... more »»
Carbon tax would be costly
January 22, 2013 Now that President Barack Obama has won election to his second term, he is free to pursue some of the radical goals he considered, but backed away from due to public outcry during his first four... more »»
Deficits, not limit on debt, should scare us
January 21, 2013 Two years ago President Barack Obama warned that unless he got his way from Congress with an unqualified increase in the national debt ceiling, terrible things would happe. more »»
Changes must not infringe on rights
January 18, 2013 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. more »»
Without deficit reduction, US rating will fall
January 17, 2013 House Democrats have proposed legislation to repeal the federal debt limit. Instead, the U.S. Treasury basically would be allowed to borrow to pay bills as they became du. more »»
Obama’s 23 executive actions concerning gun violence
January 17, 2013 1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. 2. more »»
Curtail demand; supply will drop
January 16, 2013 Ohio has improved its efforts to eliminate human trafficking, usually involved in the sex trade, state legislators were told last wee. more »»
Bills upon bills going through the ceiling
January 15, 2013 “Raising the debt ceiling does not authorize more spending. It simply allows the country to pay for spending that Congress has already committed t. more »»
Portion control vs. a diet of violence
January 14, 2013 One of the interesting aspects of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed regulation involving sugary soft drinks — besides the fact many mochas and cappuccinos contain more calories than most... more »»
Meeting should be in public
January 11, 2013 The Advertiser-Tribune did not receive advance notice of a pre-arranged meeting Thursday between public officials — including all three members of the Seneca County Board of Commissioners. more »»
Online auctions widen the ’Net
January 9, 2013 Governmental entities from townships to counties, from school districts to state universities and from fire districts to sewer districts are casting a wider net these days to find buyers for surplus... more »»
Repeal of health care act may come in stages
January 8, 2013 During the presidential campaign, Republican candidate Mitt Romney pledged to repeal Obamacare and replace it with common-sense reforms. more »»
Can gets bigger as it’s kicked yet again
January 7, 2013 Clearly, President Barack Obama and his liberal cronies in Congress won the public relations battle over the “fiscal cliff. more »»
Wasting money is a way of life in DC
December 31, 2012 Truly enormous sums of money are wasted by the federal government. Merely lessening the amount flushed down the toilet that is Washington, D.C., would help ease the nation’s deficit spending problem. more »»
Training may help prevent tragedy
December 30, 2012 A new Ohio law requiring public and private school teachers to be trained in recognizing students who may be considering suicide, and in doing something about it, is an excellent idea. more »»
Time to do what’s best for the nation
December 28, 2012 The nation is stumbling, sliding — and being pushed — toward the so-called “fiscal cliff.” With the Christmas holiday out of the way, it’s time for the Senate to reach out and pull us back. more »» |
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