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If the Old Dominion State, which The Associated Press reported has executed more people in its history than any other state, can do it, then so can Ohio. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, is expected to sign the repeal, which the state legislature approved Monday, just days after a bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers announced a push to do the same in the Buckeye State. Once again leading the charge is state Sen. Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood. “It’s time for the state of Ohio to take the compassionate, pragmatic and prudent step to abolish the death penalty, which has been found to be ...

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has decreed for the May 4 primary, as he did for the Nov. 3 presidential election, that each of Ohio’s 88 counties has to have one ballot drop box for voters — and could only have one. In other words, counties with more than 1.2 million residents like Cuyahoga County are allowed the same number of drop boxes as counties with 13,000 like tiny Vinton County ...

Would Gov. DeWine's idea for a $50 million marketing campaign to lure coastal dwellers to move to Ohio be money well-spent, or money misaimed? Another in a string of PR mishits, including the most recent, “Ohio. find it here”? Or an opportunity worth exploiting to play up Ohio’s lower costs? The Editorial Board Roundtable has some thoughts.

Should Amtrak bring new passenger rail service to Cleveland and Ohio? Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com © Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer/Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com/TNS Passengers board Amtrak's double-decker Capitol LImited train in the middle of the night in Cleveland in October 2019. Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer Amtrak is considering a major expansion of passenger rail service across the nation that could, if realized, bring greatly expanded rail service to Cleveland, with new local travel options to New York City, Pitt...

What does our Editorial Board Roundtable think of Rep. Loychik’s move seeking to make Ohio a sanctuary state against certain federal gun laws? Might it open the door to home rule cities (whose rights are supposedly enshrined in Ohio’s Constitution now) to declare they can go ahead and enact their own gun measures? Our Editorial Board Roundtable offers its perspectives.