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Trustees Bettile, Cartwright keep Canfield on right track; they deserve support of voters

Editorial: Although Canfield Township boasts a savings account that would be the envy of many communities in


Retain Davis, welcome back Carano as Austintown trustees

Editorial: Regardless of which two candi- dates for Austintown Township trustee stand in the winners’ circle in


America Makes makes sense

Editorial: Ever since its establishment in downtown Youngstown last year, the $70 million National Additive


Dinopoulos, Weaver serve Poland school system well

Editorial: By any measure of success, be it academic performance, financial stability, a forward-thinking


Nudell, Rubin merit re-election as township trustees in LibertySFlb

Editorial: What a difference four years has made in the fiscal health, community attitude and physical


Medicaid expansion will occur if Gov. Kasich’s plan is adopted

Editorial: Gov. John Kasich can be obstinate to a fault, as evidenced by his refusal to treat JobsOhio, the


Faulkner warrants re-election to Warren Board of Education

Editorial: Warren city schools, like most urban districts in Ohio, continue to face crises on many fronts:


Campbell Mayor VanSuch has earned another term

Editorial: The power of incumbency could be on full display in the city of Campbell, where the lifting of


Ohio must not rush to dive headfirst into fracking ponds

Editorial: Elephants are notorious as the heaviest drinkers of water in the animal kingdom, guzzling down 53


US cities shouldn’t ban begging

Editorial: Los Angeles Times: A war is being waged over panhandling, as cities and states pass tighter and


Capture of Taliban leader another victory for the US

Editorial: Despite the whining of Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, last week’s arrest of a senior


Ohio's Straight A Fund earns high marks (Vindicator editorial)

Editorial: A new $250 million grant program for Ohio schools that generated minimal discussion when inserted


Bitter medicine necessary to cure Youngstown State

Editorial: With a $6.6 million operating budget deficit and no conceivable way of boosting revenue


Should Ohio OK death penalty to punish repeat child rapists?

Editorial: The brutality of child rape and its devastating short- and long-term impact on its innocent victims


Threatened demise of MYCAP should concern the community

Editorial: In 2011, when the ohio Depart- ment of Education demanded reimbursement of hundreds of thousands of