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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Drilling bill drained of impact

Editorial: The Mahoning Valley knows all too well the dangers tied to inadequate oversight of the state’s oil


What part of ‘no’ don’t officials at the Board of Elections get?

Editorial: Members of the Mahoning County Board of Elections are again discussing pay raises for the staff —


Attack plague of prescription drug abuse on multiple fronts

Editorial: Armed robberies of pharmacies across Ohio are breaking out at alarming rates, with Mahoning County


Survivors of Bhopal disaster facing a lifetime of suffering

Editorial: Is there any doubt that had the world’s worst industrial accident in history occurred in the United


Let gay men donate their blood

Editorial: Los Angeles Times: A 1980s-era ban on blood donations by most gay men is out of step with current


Boardman firefighters in line for raises; trustees perplexed

Editorial: The clash between Boardman Township trustees and the firefighters union appears to center on $5


Commitment, cooperation get $30M in growth for downtown

Editorial: Two critical properties of down- town Youngstown’s historic and grand past that for years have been


Mubarak and his henchmen escape the hangman’s noose

Editorial: Mubarak and his henchmen escape the hangman’s noose Starting in late January 2011 and lasting 18


Allies of Youngstown air base must fight to keep C-130s aloft

Editorial: Over its five-decade history, the sprawling Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna Township and


Gov. Kasich will not dictate the future of Y’town schools

Editorial: We don’t know what was said when Gov. John Kasich and state Rep.-elect Michele Lepore-Hagan had a

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Use Ferguson as springboard to mend police-community ties

Editorial: Rioting and disturbances ROCKED Ferguson, Mo., and the nation this week after a grand jury decided


City’s neighborhoods, corridors reflect community that’s aging

Editorial: The mayor of Youngstown, John A. McNally, asked voters to give him the tools needed to tackle two


Resolve to observe 2-pronged purpose of Thanksgiving Day

Editorial: As citizens of the United States, as residents of the Mahoning Valley and as members of proud


Labor tension at YSU could undermine enrollment effort

Editorial: Let us be clear: The three-year proposed contract rejected by the faculty at Youngstown State


Court consolidation gets blessing of Mahoning Co. lawyers group

Editorial: With the Mahoning County Bar Association recommending the creation of a metropolitan court system