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How much will it take to improve prospects?

Across the country, families are struggling to keep their heads above water — maybe even pay down a little of their debt — with varying degrees of success. Some states are in better shape than others. So WalletHub took a look at “Cities Paying Off the Most Household Debt,” in a recent report. Those living in some California cities appear to be having the most success, as seven of the top ten are in the Golden State. If your own household debt situation is giving you a sinking feeling about how well Ohio cities performed, you see where this is going. In the report listing 182 ...

What comes next?

For whatever reason, one fast food restaurant in particular has made enough inroads with the federal government that the U.S. Secretary of Labor visited Delaware County Monday to help the company tout its additional 375,000 jobs for the summer — 20,000 of which will be Ohio, according to a report by WSYX. Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel was there, too, trying his best to turn the announcement into economic news. Perhaps state officials are smarting from the loss (or, rather, failure to materialize) of so many of the jobs promised by larger employers who never put their money where their mouths ...

Take heed of Totman’s example

“It was my pleasure and actually my duty to do it and I enjoyed every bit of it.” How many of us can speak with such certainty about the fruits of a life we have carved out for ourselves? Ninety-four-year-old Perl Totman is a wood carver known to most in the Mid-Ohio Valley as the man who carved two wooden sculptures that for years graced Marietta’s Muskingum Park and now stand at the Washington County Public Library genealogy library. The Frontiersman and The Pioneer have been restored, preserved and are once again on display for all to see. But Totman has also traveled the ...

Why the rush?

Ohio Republicans jumped the gun a bit in what some news outlets are reporting as one of the earliest gubernatorial endorsements in the party’s history. Last week, the state GOP announced its endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair of the federal Department of Government Efficiency, nearly a year before the 2026 primary election. This move comes despite members of the State Central Committee not even knowing yet who might enter the race. Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel says he is considering a bid for governor. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has already made his intentions clear. ...

Honoring those who serve now and did then

Ahead of this National Police Week, law enforcement officers from across the Mid-Ohio Valley traveled through our communities as part of Operation Blue Sky. It was a recognition of officers serving now AND those who have sacrificed their lives while protecting the rest of us. It is a local reflection of a nationwide effort to honor officers — not just in the U.S., but around the world. Many of them will head to Washington, D.C., for Police Officers Memorial Day and to participate in other Police Week events. Organizers of the national event say “We are dedicated to honoring the ...

Eliminating dysfunction before cuts

Elected officials across the country are bracing for proposed cuts to Medicaid as the federal government looks to change the way it spends taxpayer dollars. In West Virginia, Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is concerned enough about how such cuts would affect her state that she has emphasized the need to root out fraud, institute a work requirement and include other accountability measures before looking to cuts. But, according to a report by The Commonwealth Fund, Ohio is among the five states that would see the greatest economic losses from cuts to Medicaid funding. ...