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What does Righetti offer?

Opinion: Shortly after she won the Democratic nomination for Mahoning County commissioner, Carol Rimedio-


de Souza: Jokester insults serious voters

Opinion: In sharp contrast to Monday’s circuslike atmosphere created by the Mahoning Valley’s political jokester, James A. Traficant Jr., thousands of area voters participated in Tuesday’s primary election in a demonstration of true democracy.


Traficant: Will he? Should he?

Opinion: As a journalist who revels in the misery of politicians under fire, this writer is hoping that


Belinky’s spinning won’t work

Opinion: “The Probate Court is the one court where it is of the utmost importance to be viewed as above all


Independent probe is necessary

Opinion: There he was in all his probatorial glory, telling the public about his job as Mahoning County’s


Better late than never for courts?

Opinion: Why has it taken more than 20 years for the idea of consolidating the court system in Mahoning


For Dann, it’s Tic Tac, Tic Tac

Opinion: Although the Ohio Attorney General’s Office dodged a contempt of court ruling stemming from the