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


Valley logs blockbuster success in push to raze blighted homes

Editorial: Kaboom! Expect that ear-piercing sound to intensify throughout the Mahoning Valley in coming


Don’t feel sorry for Belinky for leaving probate judgeship

Editorial: Don’t feel sorry for Belinky for leaving probate judgeship Mark Belinky’s resignation as Mahoning


Sunshine Week is a reminder that open government is not a given; public must be vigilant

Editorial: Once a year people in the news business dedicate “Sunshine Week” to talking about an issue that is


Cash contribution of $4,000 puts Sammarone on hot seat; independent probe warranted

Editorial: Although DeMaine Kitchen, who ran last year for mayor of Youngstown as an independent, filed a


Middle East peace talks are as important as ever

Editorial: Recent events in the Ukraine have so dominated the foreign policy arena that it is easy to lose


Duck’s expensive departure warrants details from board

Editorial: After pocketing $50,000 in sala- ry for not working since Sept. 19, 2013, Larry A. Duck is now gone


Ohio’s weak anti-texting law proves the critics, cynics right

Editorial: During the drive to work or to the store, the average motorist in Ohio is likely to see as many


Extension of health tax credit generates bipartisan support

Editorial: With the partisan divide in Con- gress getting wider by the day — the Republican-controlled House,


Local officials under pressure to deal with pothole epidemic

Editorial: Local officials under pressure to deal with pothole epidemic It’s no accident (the use of this


Arrest of Public Enemy No. 1 marks milestone in drug war

Editorial: The recent capture of Public Enemy No. 1 in the illicit Mexico-U.S. drug trade brings both good


Answers needed in death of 3-year-old on porch

Editorial: Many in the Mahoning Valley sank into deep despair upon hearing news of a 3-year-old boy who


State shouldn’t miss the chance to spur Y’town transformation

Editorial: When “Youngstown 2010,” the city’s transformational blueprint, was being developed more than a


Obama’s spending blueprint should trigger public reaction

Editorial: It didn’t take long for Republicans in Congress to hold up the “Dead on Arrival” sign as the nation


New county jail rules balance interests of inmates, taxpayers

Editorial: Mahoning Valley taxpayers will shell out more than $30 million this year to support operations of


Lawsuit challenging voting bills would force GOP to prove fraud

Editorial: Republican Gov. John KASICH HAS signed into law three bills that change the procedures for voting in