• Republicans set their sights on unseating longtime Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown

    Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan — who was a candidate in the GOP U.S. Senate primary last May — is seriously considering a re-run for the Senate nomination in 2024.

  • Republican Senate candidate Matt Dolan calls it shameful to turn back on Ukraine

    The ongoing invasion of Ukraine is a premeditated and unjustified act of war by Vladimir Putin against a free people and sovereign nation. The free people of Ukraine have literally dug in and taken up arms to defend their sovereignty, and they must know the United States and freedom loving people around the world have…

  • Matt Dolan: Opioid crisis needs our full attention

    Ohio and the nation are fighting a prescription and synthetic opioid epidemic. It has wreaked havoc on local communities along I-70 and up I-75, spreading through Dayton to Lima and Toledo and even as far as the Mahoning Valley. The impact on families has been devastating. The challenge facing local law enforcement in the form…

  • Matt Dolan’s Ohio Senate bid: More policy, less Trump

    “I try to focus on what’s going to work,” Dolan said. “I’m focused on Ohio. I’m focused on what matters to you.” “I know exactly who and what I’m fighting for,” he added. “My opponents just want to cause fights.” Dolan, a state senator from northeast Ohio, is hoping to be elected by focusing squarely…

  • Matt Dolan: Biden’s awful energy policy handing big win to Putin, Russian oligarchs

    When Joe Biden entered office, the U.S. was a net energy exporter for the first time since the 1950s. We had record oil and gas production and a decade of declines in emissions due largely to increased extraction of natural gas. The U.S. was proving to the world what was once thought to be impossible:…

  • Opinion: America engaged in new cold war with China

    Fifty years ago this month, the United States opened the door to relations with China. Since then, Beijing has incrementally sought to displace America as the world’s leading economic and military power. Presidents and Congresses of both parties have sought to counter the rising communist threat to our nation’s interests. Varying degrees of success and…