The main argument for the Register’s opposition to the proposed countywide sales tax increase that appears on the Nov. 5 ballot is that changing the funding mechanism for EMS from a property tax to a…

There’s only a few weeks remaining before the 2024 presidential election comes to a close — that is, pending election certification, recounts, challenges and lawsuits. Ed Kilgore, political columnist for New York magazine since 2015,…

The importance of working at McDonald’s as a teenager is one of oddest subplots of a very odd presidential campaign. After Vice President Kamala Harris argued that her time as an employee under the Golden…

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has reached a tentative agreement to return to work after winning a 62% pay raise over six years, but the labor dispute isn’t over. Round II will be fought over…

John Morales has nothing to be sorry for. Overwhelmed by the intensity of the approaching Hurricane Milton, the Miami meteorologist’s voice broke as he described the death and destruction in its wake. “It’s just an…

In his June 25 advisory, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called firearm violence a public health crisis, noting that it is now the leading cause of death among U.S. children. For me, this is personal. My…

To the editor, As the Nov. 5 general election nears, I voice my strong support for Jon Wells for Allen County Commission. His role as a political science and American history professor at Allen Community…

Presidential elections rarely hinge on questions of foreign policy, except when the United States is in a shooting war. Voters are more likely to make their choices based on how they feel about the economy,…

So much for a softening labor market. Employment fired up in September, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing a gain of 245,000 jobs and the jobless rate falling to 4.1%. That should put fears…

People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from…