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South Range BOE in violation of state law with appointment

Editorial: Members of the South Range Board of Education would do well to go back to square one in filling the


Hail Miriam Fife for advancing rights of victims in Valley, state

Editorial: Mention Miriam Fife, and many longtime Mahoning Valley residents will readily recognize her as the


Mission possible: Use creative strategies to fix mangled roads

Editorial: At long last, spring has sprung on the Mahoning Valley after Old Man Winter walloped and whacked the


Scheme to mail absentee ballot applications to voters has merit

Editorial: With Ohio poised to BE THE STATE that determines the winner of the 2016 presidential election,


Netanyahu’s victory in Israel dampens prospects for peace

Editorial: We begin this editorial ABOUT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election win with the


Restore public safety reforms to Ohio transportation budget

Editorial: True or false? All Ohioans must undergo a comprehensive driver’s training curriculum before taking


Winds of change are blowing away stench in auditor’s office

Editorial: Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham has followed up his headline-grabbing decision to fire the


Children’s Health Insurance merits speedy OK in Congress

Editorial: Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country’s children.


Mill Creek parks’ new budget may appease angry taxpayers

Editorial: As Mill Creek MetroParks commis- sioners review the options for the levy they intend to place before


Sunshine Week is a reminder that government belongs to us

Editorial: Almost everyone knows about Groundhog Day on Feb. 2. Far fewer know what comes about six weeks


Supreme Court has chance to strike a blow for fair elections

Editorial: Arizona voters took a positive step 15 years ago to minimize the role partisan politics plays in


Valley will have to make nice with next president of EGCC

Editorial: The four finalists for president of Eastern Gateway Community College came to Youngstown to meet the


Colorectal cancer awareness can raise the survival rates

Editorial: Sam Simon, talented co-creator of television’s longest running series “The Simpsons” and


Time has come to regionalize 911 emergency phone service

Editorial: It was just about 75 years ago — at a time when telephone companies in the United States were


Attorney general should extend successful demolition program

Editorial: By any measure, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s unusual housing demolition program has been a