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Ohioans have seen firsthand some of the devastating outcomes of a cash bail system: Defendants who can afford high-bail amounts are released and subsequently arrested for murder. So it’s not surprising that Ohio voters wildly supported Issue 1 on the ballot to add a safety measure to the Ohio bail system. Now, the baton has been passed to the Ohio legislature to finish making bail safer and fairer during their lame-duck session.

In the wake of the midterm elections, public safety continues to dominate news coverage and political debates. But while some voices have had outsized influence over safety policies, crime victims’ voices should be front and center.

The Emmett Till story was told multiple times this year through two ABC television docuseries, “Let the World See” and “Women of the Movement.” It was fitting that a film was finally released on his appalling death in October, especially since President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law on March 29.

As Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Lima’s Bob Cupp presided over the passage of a school funding plan that has all but secured his reputation as one of Ohio’s premier speakers. But before his term expires at the end of the 134th General Assembly, Speaker Cupp can further his formidable legislative legacy by ensuring the enactment of long-overdue occupational licensing reform.

The most alarming thing about being home alone, aside from being cast in a geezer version of the famous Macaulay Culkin movie, is setting off the house alarm and having to tell my wife, Sue, who left me home alone, that I could have been arrested for being in our own house.

It might not have been what it looked like.

I don’t care what Walt Disney World says. At least my kid thinks I’m a hero.

In the smoldering wake of what can only be called a Republican debacle, many pundits much better schooled in politics and history weighed in with their opinions on what happened.

I recently snagged a cheap flight on an airline known for being “economical.” I told one of the kids the airline I was flying and she exploded. Just like a volcano-molten lava flowed out of both her ears.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. — Colossians 3:15