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Celebrity status is not a license to exploit justice

Editorial: When a deal is cooked up in secret in the criminal- justice system, there’s every reason to suspect


Big Pharma must pay for role in fueling drug crisis

Editorial: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The manufacturers of OxyContin are making what should be viewed as the


DeWine pushing for total access to JobsOhio payroll

Editorial: Sunlight will finally cut through the shroud that has kept JobsOhio, the state’s privatized


State, federal commitments needed to protect Lake Erie

Editorial: Fiscal-year budgets pro- posed by chief executives in state and national capitals represent far more


Face challenges impeding recycling in US fearlessly

Editorial: As concerns over climate change have elevated the public consciousness about the future


A last-minute appeal for reasonable gas-tax hike

Editorial: It’s now the 11th hour for Gov. Mike DeWine’s reasonable and necessary 18-cent-a-gallon increase in


Brexit bedlam threatens leadership of Theresa May

Editorial: The Guardian of Great Britain: Brexit is a revolution, so expect revolutionary consequences. It


Those who aided, abetted Trump-Russia ‘witch hunt’ now need investigated

Editorial: The Washington Times: The Russian collusion powder keg burned through its extra-long fuse, and


Mueller report good news for Trump, bad for Russia

Editorial: There are two aspects to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his 22-month investigation into


Providing willing workers with higher skills pays off

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: Ohio suffers from a significant job mismatch: Hundreds of thousands of people


Niles school system faces tough financial decisions

Editorial: State-mandated fiscal emergency could be a godsend for the economically distressed Niles City


Prime minister’s speech a form of national sabotage

Editorial: The (U.K.) Guardian, March 21: When she put herself forward to lead the Conservative party in 2016,


Mercy Health ER program holds hope for OD victims

Editorial: In the ongoing war on drugs, hospital emergency rooms often stand as the first line of defense for


Portman defies president on emergency declaration

Editorial: The stage is now set for a major constitutional battle in the U.S. Supreme Court over the


Trump's attack on UAW Lordstown is insulting

Editorial: As U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan put it, "We all deserve better."