It’s simple: If you put in the work, you should get paid for it. Yet hundreds of thousands of Ohio workers are cheated out of the paychecks they earned, year […]
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Opinion columns written by staff or submitted to Richland Source from the community.
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Opinion: Law Day is cause for celebration, vigilance for the rule of law
Established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958, Law Day is celebrated May 1 and throughout the month of May. Law Day is a time to reflect on how our […]
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Sherrod Brown: Protecting pregnant women’s health on the job
No woman should have to choose between her job and a healthy pregnancy. Yet as Ohioans celebrated Mother’s Day this week, too many mothers-to-be are forced to compromise their health […]
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OPINION: Ohio Supreme Court Justice DeWine debates Brunner on recent ruling
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about how judges set bond for those accused of violent crimes. That’s because in January, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling […]
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Brown: We must support our teachers & invest in Ohio’s classrooms
The COVID-19 pandemic only highlighted what we already knew – teachers are essential workers. Educators sacrifice so much for their students, and for our state. Unfortunately, that hard work never […]
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LaRose: Biden policies foster illegal immigration, drugs & human trafficking into U.S.
COLUMBUS — The Biden Administration recently announced it would end Title 42, pandemic-era border controls. Make no mistake, this will only increase the already skyrocketing flow of illegal migration, drugs, […]
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Opinion: Bail reform legislation has widespread bipartisan support
A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision reached by following existing law has prompted renewed focus on changing the state’s bail system for people accused of crimes who are subject to […]
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COMMENTARY: And the winner is phonics
Debates about reading go back centuries. In the 1800s, Horace Mann, the father of the public-school movement in the United States, denounced the idea of teaching children that letters represent […]
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What is different about SPARK Ohio?
Scientific studies have repeatedly found that explicit systematic phonics instruction is the most effective way to teach children how to read. And parents are a child’s first teacher. Across the […]
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Can Ohio libraries be a place for a phonics awareness program?
Should librarians or library specialists teach phonics to parents? To young children at libraries? Or to both parents and young children? Every Child Ready to Read at your library (ECRR) […]