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2026 midterms editorial illustration featuring Donald Trump, rising gas and grocery prices, healthcare premiums, the Iran war, and Democratic election gains.

Opinion Politics

He Promised Cheap Gas and No New Wars. Voters Sent the Bill.

Donald Trump has spent two years telling Americans that what they see at the pump and the register isn’t real. On Tuesday, they answered him. Democrats took all of Congress in the 2026 midterms. The AP called the House for them early Wednesday, and called the Senate late Tuesday. Republicans took the Senate with a…

ByChristina Holbrook1 hour ago0Comments

Vivek Ramaswamy pictured in front of the Ohio state flag during the 2026 Ohio governor race.

Opinion Politics

Ohio Conservatives’ Long Wait for Bold Governance Is Finally Over

Opinion | By Marcell Strbich Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.) | Former Candidate for Ohio Secretary of State. This piece discusses key issues and developments in Ohio's governor race. Throughout Vivek Ramaswamy’s historic two-year campaign for governor, one question has hung over Ohio’s political landscape: Will our system of musical-chair, status-quo politics keep rewarding career politicians, or will…

ByMarcell StrbichNovember 1, 20260Comments

Five adults sit around a wooden table, listening during a conversation in a community recovery setting.

Community Health

What I Have Learned from Visiting Addiction Treatment and Recovery Programs

Almost every Friday morning, before starting the rest of my day, I visit a drug treatment or recovery organization somewhere in Hamilton County. As a Common Pleas Court judge, I regularly see the terrible consequences of addiction in my courtroom. I began these visits to better understand the people and organizations working on the other…

ByChris McDowellOctober 4, 20260Comments

Gloria's Place and Vine Street's Social-Service Corridor

Opinion Politics

Vine Street Is Turning Into a Social-Service Corridor

Walk north from Findlay Market along Vine Street, and you pass a permanent supportive housing building, a recovery house, a supportive building, a halfway house, then another recovery program, in roughly the space of ten blocks. Cincinnati has spent decades trying to turn that same stretch into the connective tissue between Downtown and Uptown, and…

ByAdam KoehlerAugust 17, 20260Comments

Cincinnati police officers and patrol vehicles block a residential street during a violent crime investigation as the city debates public safety, gun violence, and police staffing levels.

News Opinion

Cincinnati Is Smaller Than Chicago. It Wasn’t Safer This Weekend.

This past Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend, Chicago recorded 46 shooting victims and 8 deaths. Cincinnati recorded at least 7 shooting victims and 4 deaths. Consider what those numbers mean together. Chicago has approximately 2.72 million residents. Cincinnati has about 311,000. One city is nearly nine times larger than the other. Yet during the same…

ByCory BowmanJune 22, 20260Comments

Campaign Zero Cincinnati report feature image showing a Cincinnati Police cruiser, downtown Cincinnati skyline, and police stop data charts used in the debate over racial disparities in police stops.

Opinion Politics

Campaign Zero’s Cincinnati Report Leaves Too Many Questions Unanswered

A statistical model is only as reliable as the variables it includes, and this report may be missing some of the most important ones. For example, Campaign Zero's analysis often highlights just how much data selection can impact results. What Campaign Zero Claims Campaign Zero's report, Contact Cards in Cincinnati: A Review of Racial Bias…

ByChristina HolbrookJune 19, 20260Comments

News Opinion

Is Cincinnati Becoming the Next “Once Great City”?

Cincinnati crime concerns are starting to feel different. Not just like a run of bad headlines. Not just like a few isolated incidents that come and go. More like a question about direction, about whether the city is still building on its momentum or starting to drift into something harder to reverse. A recent Daily…

ByAdam KoehlerApril 4, 20260Comments

Cincinnati City Hall exterior in downtown Cincinnati, symbolizing city government and pension reform decisions

Opinion Politics

Is Cincinnati Pension Reform Stabilizing the System — or Positioning It for OPERS?

Cincinnati recently announced that for the past year, it has been in mediation concerning the 2015 collaborative agreement. This agreement requires the city to fully fund the Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS) by 2045. The system currently has a funded ratio of 68%. Furthermore, it has an $847 million liability to erase. Cincinnati pension reform is…

ByTodd ZinserFebruary 24, 20260Comments

A copy of the U.S. Constitution resting on a wooden table, symbolizing civic reflection and constitutional values in modern America.

Opinion Politics

Are You a Constitutionalist — or a Lost Patriot?

Article Summary Many Americans feel politically disoriented and disconnected from the institutions meant to serve them. In this opinion piece, Nichole Carminati reflects on media mistrust, corporate consolidation, and government overreach through a constitutional lens. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, she argues that renewed civic engagement, independent verification, and free speech are…

ByNichole CarminatiJanuary 31, 20260Comments

Teenagers gathered outdoors in an urban Cincinnati neighborhood, illustrating concerns around juvenile crime and youth violence

Community Opinion Politics

Cincinnati’s Kids Are Being Recruited Into Violence — And We’re Pretending Not to See It

Our kids are dying—in city parks, on street corners, in neighborhoods that have quietly become battlegrounds. Everyone sees it. Everyone feels it. And yet we keep acting surprised regarding juvenile crime in Cincinnati. Cincinnati has 52 neighborhoods—strong, proud, working communities. But too many of them, especially where opportunity runs thin, have become places…

BySignal 99January 13, 20260Comments

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He Promised Cheap Gas and No New Wars. Voters Sent the Bill.

Ohio Conservatives’ Long Wait for Bold Governance Is Finally Over

What I Have Learned from Visiting Addiction Treatment and Recovery Programs

Vine Street Is Turning Into a Social-Service Corridor

Cincinnati Is Smaller Than Chicago. It Wasn’t Safer This Weekend.

Campaign Zero’s Cincinnati Report Leaves Too Many Questions Unanswered

Is Cincinnati Becoming the Next “Once Great City”?

Is Cincinnati Pension Reform Stabilizing the System — or Positioning It for OPERS?

Are You a Constitutionalist — or a Lost Patriot?

Cincinnati’s Kids Are Being Recruited Into Violence — And We’re Pretending Not to See It

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