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Portman should lead fight to keep Valley’s base open

Editorial: In the not so distant past, state and national officeholders – and candidates for the positions –


Greece’s road to economic recovery will be long and hard; public unrest rises

Editorial: Greece is a country where the shelf life of the prime minister and other political leaders is


State, federal legislators should smack down suits that threaten free speech

Editorial: For just as long as Ameri- cans have enjoyed the free and unfettered exercise of free speech as


Charter schools’ overseer resigns; probe demanded

Editorial: When an Ohio education official admitted that he excluded F grades from evaluations of charter-


Tennessee shooting spree calls for vigilance, patience

Editorial: A deranged gunman’s deadly attack on two U.S. military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week


Ohio should slam door on proposed marijuana cartel

Editorial: The November general election ballot will contain a constitutional amendment issue that has received


Today’s lesson for members of Congress: Keep safety 1st

Editorial: In the interest of maximizing public safety and minimizing danger, U.S. senators and representatives


Youngstown Plan is law; time to give up the fight

Editorial: No one who has heard Gov. John Kasich’s comments about the academically challenged Youngstown City


Don’t give up the ship in new battle for Lake Erie

Editorial: Two hundred AND three years ago, skilled Commander Oliver Hazard Perry valiantly led a rugged U.S.


Iran pact offers Congress the chance to prove that it can deliberate wisely

Editorial: How do you prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? That question goes to the heart of the global


Government has a duty to protect US companies

Editorial: Steel workers in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys have long been losing jobs because other


US should view Mexican drug boss as a terrorist

Editorial: If terrorism is defined by the death toll of the innocents, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo”


S. Range, Mill Creek need to relax public input policies

Editorial: Perception is reality in politics, so when two government entities that have been harshly


City reaps dividends from banks’ investment in YNDC

Editorial: A partnership between Huntington Bank and the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. scores a


Mahoning Co. High SchoolSFlbdeserves national spotlight

Editorial: Seven years ago, when Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick and others in the