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Ohio judges now free to endorse political candidates

A longtime judge in Ohio did not violate ethics rules when he used his personal Facebook account to support his son’s political career, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in a case that affects all judges in the state. John William Rudduck should face no penalty for endorsing son Brett’s 2023 run for a seat on the Clinton County Municipal Court, the justices held earlier this month.

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Barbara "Barbie" Ellen Malone

Barbara "Barbie" Ellen Malone, 45, of Hillsboro, passed away April 4, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family and friends.

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The carbon bureaucracy nobody voted for

The United States has every right to develop and adopt transparent, scientifically grounded emissions reporting standards through its own democratic processes. What it should refuse is the laundering of activist policy preferences through international standards bodies designed to make those preferences look technical and inevitable.