Editorial Section

• EDITORIAL — ‘No’ to 500 county jail beds

  By Audrey HackettApril 17, 2020

  

  Greene County voters face a choice in the March 17 primary. Should the county increase the sales tax to fund construction of a new and larger jail? A editorial on Greene County Issue 12 from a prior issue of the News.

• EDITORIAL: Good news, bad news

  By Megan BachmanDecember 16, 2019

  

  The news about local news has mostly been bad news. Already faced with declining readership, shrinking advertising and growing digital competition, the newspaper industry has been hit hard with a string of cynical corporate buyouts, takeovers and mergers.

• EDITORIAL — ‘We are the weeds’

  By Audrey HackettNovember 8, 2019

  

  There’s an irony in writing about invasive species that’s impossible to escape. Which species is more invasive than my own? [Editorial republished from the Nov. 7, 2019, issue of the News.]

• EDITORIAL — A civic life for noncitizens

  By Megan BachmanOctober 31, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs has an opportunity to strengthen its stance as a welcoming community with our upcoming vote on a charter amendment that would give any Yellow Springs resident, citizen or noncitizen, the right to vote on municipal matters.

• EDITORIAL — Contemplating farm to table

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 3, 2019

  

  When good faith efforts to nudge our neighbors turns into relentless haranguing — or even harassing — it’s time to back off, take a breath, and re-assess. This is the case with regards to the latest challenge to the Antioch farm: a months-long campaign to not kill for food the lambs currently grazing under the solar panels.

• EDITORIAL — Because of guns

  By Audrey HackettAugust 9, 2019

  

  In shooting after shooting, there is one common denominator. Guns. [Editorial republished from the Aug. 8, 2019, issue of the News.]

• EDITORIAL — A national shame

  By Megan BachmanJuly 10, 2019

  

  Read last week’s editorial on migrant detention camps and learn about a nationwide candlelight vigil to close the camps on Friday, July 12.

• EDITORIAL — Clearing the air

  By Megan BachmanJune 7, 2019

  

  Ohio legislators are creating a clean air program. But it’s really a bailout for nuclear and coal plants at the expense of renewable energy.

• EDITORIAL: A fight for women’s lives

  By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2019

  

  An April YS News editorial is republished here as anti-choice legislation increasingly becomes law around the country.