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Ohio Senate can’t see what’s wrong in storefront gambling

Editorial: In December, Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus decided not to bring to a vote a House-passed bill


Can you dig it? Grow the Yo! needs your help at StreetScape

Editorial: Appearances count. That simple catch phrase has been a primary catalyst for Youngstown


Racing panel should justify push for more racino seating

Editorial: What does the Ohio State Rac- ing Commission know about the fan-base for thoroughbred horse racing


Ohio’s congressional districts are proof of political chicanery

Editorial: The presence of 12 Republicans and only four Democrats in Ohio’s congressional delegation serves to


The First Easter

Editorial: And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Solome, had


Plans for Mill Creek Park will preserve Valley gem for generations to come

Editorial: For 122 years, Mill Creek MetroParks has shined as one of the Mahoning Valley’s most brilliant


Mighty RoboCats of Girard interface technology, victory

Editorial: Few can blame Judy Barber, coach of the award-winning Girard High School Robotics team, if they


Time is ripe for consolidation of city and county 911 systems

Editorial: Last fall, we urged Mayor Charles Sammarone to be aggressive in implementing the recommendations of


The Sixth Amendment’s promise of a fair trial fades

Editorial: The United States reached a mile mark 50 years ago when the Supreme Court of the United States


Difficult journey ending well for the economy of the Valley

Editorial: Several months ago, an executive of a national oil and gas company that’s investing hundreds of


Population loss is troubling, but it isn’t irreversible

Editorial: One consolation that Mahoning County can take from recent census data is that the county is not


Rep. Ryan makes right move regarding his political future

Editorial: Two months ago, we defined Con- gressman Tim Ryan’s political future as a choice between a sure


Senators agree on fairness

Editorial: Senators agree on fairness In an era of dwindling bipartisan ship, Ohio’s two U.S. senators have


Gun control is watered down in Senate before debate begins

Editorial: People who thought the car- nage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was going to


‘Shock and awe’ fell short of announced goal in Iraq

Editorial: On the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the “shock and awe” verbal banner