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


Indian leader’s visit to the US sets stage for new relationship

Editorial: A decade after he was turned down for a visitor’s visa to the United States, Narendra Modi was the


Health insurance uncertainty

Editorial: The Journal of New Ulm, Minn.: Minnesota’s MNsure program, the state’s health insurance exchange,


At 50, GM Lordstown cruises steadily in fast lane of success

Editorial: Fifty years ago, Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes joined officials of the General Motors Corp. in


Ohio tax break is working

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: Gov. John Kasich’s tax break for small businesses has performed as promised:


James Traficant Jr., 1941-2014: Legacy defined by prison term

Editorial: The admonition that one should not speak ill of the dead has become the subtext of former


Ex Valley crime fighter tells unvarnished truth about us

Editorial: Wednesday’s front-page story about the Mahoning Valley bearing the “stigma” of government corruption


Narrow gap in drug treatment

Editorial: The scourge of drug abuse has surged to such meteoric heights that it has now overtaken automobile


Plot against US, France brings threat posed by IS close to home

Editorial: Americans have watched with horror as fighters from the extremist group Islamic State have carved a


At all costs, keep safety first amid crisis in road-salt prices

Editorial: Who can forget the brutal and blustery winter of 2013-14? A total of 89.1 inches of snow socked the


There’s hope for Afghanistan with new power-sharing plan

Editorial: Three months after the highly controversial run-off presidential election that threatened to return


BP’s reckless, negligent actions deserve harshest punishment

Editorial: A federal judge concluded in a ruling earlier this month what most of us already had long suspected:


YSU’s interim provost brings a national reputation to the job

Editorial: In the afterglow of the Youngs- town Business Incubator being hailed as the world’s best among


Youngstown schools fail again — this time in ensuring safety

Editorial: Given the many serious and striking bruises to the academic and fiscal face of the Youngstown City


Youngstown Business Incubator blazing a trail around the world

Editorial: There are innovators in Italy, France, China and more than 60 other countries undoubtedly asking


At 90, Youngstown Playhouse earns thunderous applause from the Mahoning Valley

Editorial: Like Mill Creek MetroParks, The Butler Institute of American Art and the world-renowned Dana