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Editorials

Take advantage of gun lock program

Minnesotans can get simple-to-use devices at no cost under a state program that can protect kids and adults. A device that’s free, easy to use and could save a life. It’s hard to imagine why anyone wouldn’t take advantage of innovative, ongoing programs that deliver gun locks straight ...

End proxy voting in Congress

The House of Representatives spent Friday passing the $1.65 trillion omnibus spending blowout, and the bill is loaded with earmarks and pet priorities from healthcare to public lands that few Members have bothered to read. This is no way to run a government, and compounding the embarrassment is ...

Getting back to norm with presidential returns

In 2020, President Donald Trump and Melania Trump paid no federal income taxes by claiming millions in dubious deductions and carrying over losses from previous years. Somehow, that’s not the most scandalous detail to emerge following the House’s four-year legal brawl to obtain Mr. ...

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan loves to talk about government oversight

Unfortunately, the Urbana Republican, who represents portions of Lorain County, views investigatory power as a way to strike at his enemies rather than embracing the purpose for which it was intended: providing accountability and good government. Just as bad, Jordan’s insistence on ...

National crisis line needs federal funding

For all the convulsive court decisions, congressional hearings, price increases, invasions, mass killings and social media takeovers, 2022 should also be remembered as the year of 988 — the nationwide crisis line that went live in July. If the states and the federal government do their work, ...

No time for taking chances this holiday

The horrible weather predictions we have been gettingthis week couldn’t come at a worse time, with families getting ready to gather for the Christmas holidays. The National Weather Service is predicting several inches of snow over the next few days, whipped by strong wind that will not only ...