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State Rep Josh Williams Shares His Amazing Story - From Homelessness to the Statehouse State Rep. Josh Williams from Ohio's 44th District shares his amazing story of being a homeless high school dropout raised in severe poverty in Greater Toledo to becoming an attorney, overcoming a severe injury, and running for public office serving Ohio's 44th State District. Rep. Williams this spring received...

Ohio's New Flat Tax with Senator George Lang Ohio has a new flat tax. State Senator George Lang of Ohio's 4th District explains how this new flat tax will help grow Ohio's economy by encouraging businesses to move to Ohio and hire new workers. Ohio's new flat income tax will go into effect in 2026.  Ohio has new energy policy and is poised for growth. Senator Lang explains Ohio's history with the...

The Miracle of the American Founding with Historian Bill Federer Author and historian Bill Federer from the American Minute walks us through the historical record of the Revolutionary War and God's providential hand on George Washington and the Colonists fighting for their independence from Great Britain. Their reliance upon God is reflected in the statement by Patrick Henry:  “It cannot be emphas...

LifeRead Volunteer Reading Tutoring - The Mission- The Need- The Solution The Project: Mobilizing a network of volunteers helping Ohio read, tackling Ohio’s literacy challenge for students and adults. The Need is to help Ohio school children who have fallen behind in reading comprehension due to the COVID shutdown. Overall, national scores are below pre-pandemic 2019 levels in all grades and subje...

Education Crisis Nationally and in Ohio - Results of the COVID Shutdown Linger Discussion with State Senator Andy Brenner, Chairman of the Education Committee The National Report Card which came out in February has stirred discussion about the graveness of the national education crisis. Only 30 percent of fourth graders and 29 percent of eight grade students are reading-proficient nationally.  In...

Here is some of the legislation that is moving in the Ohio General Assembly to bring Ohio homeowners real estate tax relief. Expanded homestead exemption for the elderly, disabled, and veterans Tax deferment for the elderly to stay in their homes Elimination of replacement levies H.B. 28 Has passed the Ohio House HB 186 was introduced by Rep. Hoops and Rep. Thomas this week. The bill attacks the s...

Bringing America Back to Life Conference Coming March 7th and 8th with Kate Makra E.D. of Cleveland Right to Life Kate Makra, Executive Director of Cleveland Right to Life, shares the details of this year's BABL Conference. Friday night's dinner will feature Riley Gaines, collegiate athlete who fought against biological males competing in women's sports. Saturday night's dinner will feature Abbey...

Real Estate Tax Relief- Here are some of the proposals- A discussion with Maurice Thompson and Greg Lawson Real Estate Tax Reform will be an issue that OCA will work on in 2025 with citizens groups across Ohio. Inflation and the cost of living are bearing down on our seniors, those on fixed incomes, and young families as they struggle to pay for the essentials. The increased real estate tax assess...

Real Estate Tax Reform at the Ohio Statehouse - What if anything will get done this session? Greg Lawson of the Buckeye Institute discusses the complex challenges facing legislators as they wrestle with how to bring relief to Ohio homeowners on the real estate tax increase issue. Most residents have seen  dramatic increases in their real estate taxes, between 20 and 30 percent increase across Ohio...

Celebrating the First Thanksgiving with Historian Dr. Paul Jehle of the Plymouth Rock Foundation Dr. Paul Jehle serves as President of Plymouth Rock Foundation and Senior Pastor of The New Testament Church of Cedarville in the town of Plymouth. Paul has remained active in serving the town of Plymouth in various ways as well as continuing to be active as a member of several historic societies. Paul...

The Boarder Crisis is a humanitarian crisis and it is affecting our communities with - Ashland Mayor Matt Miller Matt Miller and Chris Long discuss the illegal immigration problem at the border that has now come to Ohio communities with a host of challenges and legal problems. Matt and his wife Melanie Miller recently went to the Arizona border to see for themselves the problem and to talk with lo...

It may all come down to Pennsylvania - Here is what Rick Santorum sees in early voting trend in the Keystone State. News In Focus Brief - Take 5 min. to listen to this...

Rick Santorum shares his thoughts on the election in the battleground states and the Christian vote. Former Presidential candidate and News Max Political Analyst Rick Santorum shares his thoughts on the Presidential election and the importance of the U.S. Senate races around the country. A must listen as Rick shares an important update from Pennsylvania, the key battleground state that both candid...

Bill Federer on Columbus and his four Voyages Beginning in 1492, Christopher Columbus took FOUR VOYAGES to the New World:   1ST VOYAGE (1492-1493), he DISCOVERED land; 2ND VOYAGE (1493-1496), he encountered a hurricane, malaria, and CANNIBALS;3RD VOYAGE (1498-1500), he faced doldrums, rebellion, and was ARRESTED; 4TH VOYAGE (1502-1504), he survived another hurricane, explored Panama, and was SHIPW...

Short message on why to Vote NO on Issue 1 NO on Issue 1 with State Auditor Keith Faber VOTE NO ON ISSUE 1 The political left is pushing a radical redistricting plan for the November ballot. This convoluted, complicated redistricting plan, if passed by Ohio voters in November, will take the redraw of the district lines away from the people and their representatives and put it in the hands of the p...

State School Report  Card with Ed Committee Chair Andy Brenner- How are Ohio students doing?  The Ohio Department of Education released its State Report Card for 2023-2024. In his 2023 State of the State Address, Governor DeWine highlighted the need to focus on Ohio schoolchildren’s reading proficiency. Due to the COVID shutdown, Ohio students were at least one grade level behind in their reading...

NO on Issue 1 with State Auditor Keith Faber VOTE NO ON ISSUE 1 The political left is pushing a radical redistricting plan for the November ballot. This convoluted, complicated redistricting plan, if passed by Ohio voters in November, will take the redraw of the district lines away from the people and their representatives and put it in the hands of the political left with retired judges and acade...

Faith in America on the decline – But there is a spark of revival in a younger generation. A 2022 Gallup Poll of faith in America found that for the first time since 1928, under 50% of Americans hold any faith tradition or association whatsoever. Many church denominations report drastic decreasing numbers of general church attendance. Generation Z is the most unchurched generation in American hist...

Election Integrity Ohio SOS moves to purge inactive voters and finds illegals registering and voting Ohio SOS Frank LaRose has turned over to the Ohio Attorney General for prosecution 666 files of non-U.S. citizens registering and some voting in Ohio's election. Secretary LaRose also purged 156,000 inactive voters from the voting rolls in the last month, heading into the November election. The Sec...

Ohio's Disastrous Redistricting Ballot Issue- A  conversation with Jonathan Broadbent of UnWoke Academy The political left, with help from big donors, has secured enough signatures to place their convoluted redistricting plan on the November ballot as a constitutional amendment.  Because we were unsuccessful in raising the threshold last year in the August special election, a simple majority vote...

Secret Service Director in the Hot Seat- Suspicion, Intrigue, and Stonewalling Leads to Resignation The Crisis of Our Times THESE are the times that try men's souls... The last eleven days have seen tumultuous events in our nation with the assassination attempt on President Trump, a worldwide IT disruption, and our current President withdrawing his candidacy from the Presidential race, and then wa...

President Trump survives assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and tells his supporters to continue the fight! Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness. Our love goes out to the other victims and their families. We...

Will Joe last the term? Will the RNC keep the pro-life platform? Turning Ohio blue? On this weekend special edition of News in Focus, we cover the growing pressure on Joe Biden to drop out of the race and possibly to resign due to health reasons. The pressure is coming from the Democrats. Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch has a report. Ohio was facing two ballot issues this fall. With the failure of th...

On this week’s News In Focus, we interview Orlando Sonza, Republican Candidate for Ohio's 1st Congressional District.  Orlando Sonza states this about his campaign for the 1st. Congressional District: "My strong commitment to public service, dedication to protecting life—from the unborn to the elderly—and support of our God-given Constitutional rights has not only been a career path but a way of l...

Mini lame duck session this week at the Ohio Statehouse- Things are finally moving. Earlier this month, Governor DeWine took the unusual step of calling for a special session of the Ohio General Assembly. Frustrated by the inactivity of the current House and Senate, the Governor called for the two houses to come together in a special session. The last special session was called in 2004 by Governor...