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Build team strategy to lessen concussion dangers to US youth

Editorial: Just a few short weeks from now, football players for high schools across the Mahoning Valley will


Obama should consider a visit to region for Maker City event

Editorial: President Barack Obama has pub- licly mentioned the Mahoning Valley’s trailblazing work in additive


Don’t put savings above safety

Editorial: Advocates of loosening minimum mandatory prison sentences for drug offenders can quickly spout off


State racing panel responsible for adequate supply of horses

Editorial: To horsemen and others familiar with the horse-racing industry, Sunday’s front-page in-depth


ODNR’s accountability grows with drilling website upgrades

Editorial: For all of its hyperbole and fear- mongering, the furor over fracking in Ohio has produced some


Crucial anti-poverty program hit with the loss of Head Start

Editorial: Three years after Ohio’s depart- ment of Education demanded reimbursement of hundreds of thousands


Warren schools’ new chief brings hope for turnaround

Editorial: Is the top administrative position in the Warren City Schools akin to a revolving door? Some


What will it take for Israelis, Palestinians to end conflict?

Editorial: There was a time not so long ago when the question in the headline reflected a heart-felt belief


Shootdown of plane in Ukraine demands full, unfettered probe

Editorial: The shootdown has further heated an already boiling showdown between Russia and the West.


Banish un-American US flags

Editorial: Imagine, if you will, joining a Fourth of July extravaganza on the National Mall or the town square


Public hearings should have preceded decision on geese

Editorial: Is wildlife preservation and wild- life management one and the same thing? That question goes to the


Stopgap transportation bill shows Congress at its worst

Editorial: This should be the summer of the American people’s discontent — over Congress’ failure to pass a


Safety can’t take a back seat to profits in transit of toxins

Editorial: Since 2009, the domestic energy boom has reaped rich rewards for communities large and small


Kerry brokers political deal that gives Afghanistan hope

Editorial: With the Islamic extremist Taliban hovering over war-ravaged Afghanistan like a vulture, the


US steel industry gets a boost with ruling on steel dumping

Editorial: A significant federal govern- ment ruling last week that will buoy American manufacturers of steel