During a town hall meeting in Cincinnati in July 2021, President Biden promised to “fix that damn bridge.” He was talking about the antiquated Brent Spence Bridge […]
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There’s no rainbow fentanyl trick in Halloween treats
Despite what the fearmongers have claimed recently, you really don’t need to be in a panic over marijuana edibles or “rainbow fentanyl” ending up in children’s Halloween […]
Aug. 28 letters to the editor
Our senators should speak out on IRA vote The Dominion Post Aug. 18 editorial encourages Sen. Manchin to accept the invitation of a state senator to come […]
Better late than never on gun reform
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was one bright spot that was almost entirely overshadowed: For the first […]
May 22 letters to the editor
America needs more civics classes We need more civics, history and government classes in our schools. When you compare the annual federal budgets for education, as a […]
Congress must pass the STREAM Act
At the end of March, Rep. David McKinley cosponsored the House version of the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act (STREAM Act). […]
GOP couldn’t stop KBJ, but they tried
Yesterday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate, in a 53-47 vote, to take over for Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires this summer. It […]
Manchin, Republicans nix Biden’s nominee to Federal Reserve
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia likely killed the Biden administration’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Board. Manchin cited Raskin’s opposition to carbon-based […]
Russia wages war on more than Ukraine
Russia has invaded Ukraine. The news was not shocking — U.S. intelligence had been warning of an imminent invasion for weeks — but it was no less […]
In voting rights battle, moderate Republicans allowed to duck issue
by Tonja Jacobi and Warren Snead At a time when Republican leadership has come to tolerate, or even embrace, Donald Trump’s “big lie,” 19 states have acted […]