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


Don’t let the ‘off-year’ election stop you from your civic duty

Editorial: If you believe that all politics is local — we certainly do — then Tuesday’s election is even more


New recruiting center bodes well for future of Valley base

Editorial: A new $600,000 Air Force Reserve recruiting station at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna


Youngstown schools officials should accept Kasich’s invite

Editorial: With the Youngstown City School District sporting five F’s, two D’s and two C’s in the latest state


President should explain spying on world leaders

Editorial: Is there any doubt the United States is being spied upon by foreign governments, even those


Obamacare is the law; fix program’s damaged pieces

Editorial: To say that the Patient Protec- tion and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, made


State panel, Penn National must end latest racino flap

Editorial: Six months ago, in the midst of a public battle involving the developer of a racino in Austintown


$375M gas-processing plant energizes Valley’s shale play

Editorial: The dedication Monday of a $375 million natural-gas processing plant in New Middletown should


County auditor rewarded with a legal kiss on cheek

Editorial: Mahoning County’s Auditor, Michael Sciortino, a lawyer, appeared to be so impaired while driving on


Valley issues: yes for schools, no on anti-fracking initiative

Editorial: Tax issues will drive many Mahoning Valley residents more powerfully to the polls next week than any


Youngstown mayor’s race leaves a lot to be desired

Editorial: This year’s election for mayor of Youngstown is a newspaper cartoonist’s dream. Consider the


Voters in Youngstown face some challenging and beguiling choices in some key citywide races come

Editorial: Voters in Youngstown face some challenging and beguiling choices in some key citywide races come


Poland Township benefits from experienced trustees

Editorial: Trustees Mark Naples and Robert Lidle have 28 years between them of serving Poland Township, which


Beachum, Adair, Williams will manage Y’town schools crisis

Editorial: There is no sugar-coating it: Youngstown City Schools remain firmly entrenched in a state of


For Austintown schools: Mock, Schnurrenberger and Jakubec

Editorial: If you believe the new campus that encompasses the elementary and intermediate schools is a


Return Fulks, Landers, Poma to the Boardman school board

Editorial: The 4,500-student Boardman school system has long reigned among the largest and most academically