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Mahoning County government will soon be in public spotlight

Editorial: After months of being on the defensive because tax dollars were squandered on bonuses and raises —


GOP leaders in the Ohio House fail to finance ballot-access plan

Editorial: The Republican speaker of the Ohio House, Cliff Rosenberger, says his members are still looking at


Human dimension of closing of YDC merits consideration

Editorial: The scheduled closing of the Youngstown Developmental Center in 2017 rises as one of today’s most


Clinton has undone business as she hits the campaign trail

Editorial: Hillary Clinton surprised no one with her announcement Sunday that she’s running for president in


Check out many new assets of your nearest public library

Editorial: Throughout the United States, 16,536 vital community institutions — including 32 in the Mahoning


Drop in oil, gas prices fuels debate over severance taxes

Editorial: To hear representatives of the oil and gas industry in Ohio tell it, the huge decline in oil and


Heightened heroin epidemic demands heightened response

Editorial: Anyone who still doubts the heroin scourge in the Mahoning Valley is real needs only glance at its


Is Youngstown’s private prison closing? There’s no clear answer

Editorial: Absent an unequivocal state- ment from the chief executive officer of Corrections Corporation of


Help make history in the Valley

Editorial: A $500,000 gift this month from a generous civic-minded benefactor will carry the Mahoning Valley


New law designed to prevent future pollution of Lake Erie

Editorial: Gov. John R. Kasich had a salient message when he traveled last week to Maumee Bay State Park,


Commit to join Relay for Life to fortify area’s war on cancer

Editorial: Despite colossal progress in fighting cancer in recent years, the debilitating disease continues to


Deadly terror attack in Kenya again shows lack of readiness

Editorial: A week ago, 148 people, including many students, were massacred on the campus on Garissa University


Kasich uses his veto pen wisely to block suppression of voting

Editorial: Should you happen to see Gov. John Kasich dodging volleys of virulent vitriol from his Republican


Just saying ‘no’ to nuclear pact with Iran not a rational stance

Editorial: Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- yahu of Israel and his allies in the U.S. Congress have 21/2 months


Valley reps have 95,626 reasons to back beefed-up food-bank aid

Editorial: A passing glance at the Ohio Association of Community Action Agen- cies’ report “State of Poverty