Athens Messenger Contact and Editorial Contacts List
Details for Athens Messenger including established dates, mailing address in Athens Ohio, and key editorial staff Monica Nieporte Joe Higgins and Wendy Van Sickie with email contacts and phone number provided for reader correspondence and staff positions.
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Ohio stalls as severance tax reform remains unresolved
Editorial warns Ohio lawmakers delay on severance tax increases while oil and gas firms benefit from low rates. It notes Gov. Kasich advocates a market based system, Senate and House plan a tax study committee with Oct 1 reporting, and warns the governor may push for a ballot measure if Republicans block reform.
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Keith Faber
Senate
Cliff Rosenberger
House
Faber
Ohio House
Ohio
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Racial symbols shift as Southern politics realigns
The piece notes a seismic shift in the South as leaders move to remove Confederate symbols from capitol grounds, reflect on the Lost Cause, and reframe politics and public life amid changing demographics, with Amazon and others signaling a moral reckoning. It argues racism endures but loses political prominence in shaping national life.
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South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Alabama
Mississippi
Roger Wicker
Kentucky
Jefferson Davis
South
Sally Jenkins
Amazon
Charleston
Breaking up with landline: a personal era ends
The author describes dumping a long‑held landline for a cellphone, noting CDC data that 41 percent of US households now rely on cellphones only. Reactions varied from alarm to relief as the writer reflects on safety worries, nostalgia, and the freedom of a single device.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Petunia
New Orleans
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