Opinion

"Poverty is a policy choice, and one that can be made at the state level."

Local 12’s biases against transgender folk have not always been the most vocal, but they’re visible in how they choose to highlight their pieces.

Of course I abhor the right wing attacks on transgender people, particularly transgender kids. I’m on the transgender spectrum myself, having self-identified as a cross-dresser at age 3.

"The last thing we as faculty wish to do is indoctrinate our students, because the purpose of higher education is to give our students the tools they’ll need to build a better world than the one we’ve created, to solve problems that we’ve failed to solve and to solve problems we can’t even see."

"We are living a roller coaster of climate catastrophes in real time with a promise of worse."

"Where are the exceptions for loss of a childhood? Loss of a future? Theft of innocence?"

"Ramaswamy pitches himself as the voice of younger voters then proposes to disenfranchise most of them by raising the voting age from 18 to 25."

"In 2022, Michigan brought in $325 million in excise and sales tax from marijuana sales. Since Ohio has a similarly-sized population to Michigan, it is likely to bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue as well."

"I believe we need to act decisively and purposefully to protect kids."

For now, pardon many longtime college fans if they’re less than fully excited for the “Big 12” Bearcats.

"This could be a lifeline for not only Ohioans, but also people living in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia who would need access to abortion care."

Many of the Republicans who got behind this fraud of an issue have now given Dems a very clear message to run on: The Republican Party is corrupt, two-faced, cynical and think we’re all too stupid to see through it.

Ohio Republicans are using Issue 1 to target transgender rights.

You can’t choose to delay your own death for five years and remain celibate during that time, nor should you have to.

The prom king and queen crowning in Kettering, Ohio, stirred up some Stephen King-type memories for one LGBTQ+ Ohioan.

"LaRose has dropped any pretense of being a neutral referee running evenhanded elections."

"Our GOP lawmakers do not dare discuss reasonable waiting periods, which might have prevented the Old National Bank mass shooting."

The Issue 1 assault on majority rule is a grotesque overthrow of ideals behind America’s constitutional republic.

While other politicians are only interested in pointing fingers and assigning blame amid this addiction epidemic, Senator Brown is focused on solutions.

“It all comes together as we recognize that the most marginalized of any group is generally the BIPOC members of this group.”