In the January 2025 issue of Reason, we’re giving performance reviews of Joe Biden’s presidency. Click here to read the other entries. To win the Democratic primaries four years ago, Joe Biden had to take a left turn on criminal justice, offering voters a smorgasbord of reforms to a carceral system he had helped build … Read more
So this is what Donald Trump means by “Make America Great Again.” Bring back the “Mad Men” days. As I’ve been working to keep up with the unusual number of alleged sexual predators that the president-elect, himself an adjudicated sexual assaulter, has chosen for his Cabinet, I also celebrated my younger daughter’s birthday last week. … Read more
While the promises of billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to cut government spending down to the bone sound a lot like previous failed attempts to root out supposed government waste, their plan promises to test the limits of presidential power and the power of private individuals to steer government. Among the various purported goals … Read more
The Minnesota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 7, 2024, results for each game: Winning Powerball numbers from Dec. 7 drawing 01-31-43-55-57, Powerball: 22, Power Play: 2 Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here. Winning Lotto America numbers from Dec. 7 drawing 07-14-31-44-46, Star Ball: … Read more
Students attending McEbright Community Learning Center in Akron will once again receive toiletries and hygiene items, as well as food and snacks, as a part of the Ben Curtis Family Foundation’s Birdie Bags program. The Millennium Fund for Children, a partnership of the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron Community Foundation, is supporting the project … Read more
In Ohio, there have been at least 11 shootings this year by children, according to Signal Cleveland. Ohio should enact strict gun storage policies as well as gun safety education in school curricula when children hit seventh grade. Many shootings have been unintentional due to Ohio’s weak gun safety laws. According to the Giffords Law … Read more
Officers and medics responded to reports of a person being hit by a vehicle in Miamisburg early Sunday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Around 5:35 a.m. crews were dispatched to the area of Miamisburg Centerville Road (SR-725) and Alexandersville Road on reports of a person being hit by a … Read more
No new private clubs in Palm Beach. That’s the recommendation the Planning and Zoning Commission made to the Town Council during Tuesday’s meeting. The Dec. 3 discussion was meant to be centered on whether Palm Beach should differentiate between for-profit and non-for-profit clubs in its governing document, but commissioners soon voiced their support for an … Read more
Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. tsuddes@gmail.com. Ohio Democrats will never claw their way out of the party’s slump in this state unless they stow the happy talk. Recent example: Ballyhooing a gain of two seats in Ohio’s House, boosting the number of Democratic … Read more
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in North Carolina dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,419 in the week ending November 30, down from 3,829 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 224,000 … Read more