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DeWine takes evidence in Steubenville case to next level

Editorial: The state attorney general’s of- fice would not normally become involved in prosecuting a rape case


School board members need to get heads out of the clouds

Editorial: It isn’t the perception of the public that should cause the Youngstown Board of Education to worry


What’s the point of flying if you can’t play mumbletypeg?

Editorial: Over the Past 11 years, most peo- ple who carry pocket knives or corkscrews (apparently more people


School system restructuring deserves state financial help

Editorial: For the second time in two years, the troubled Youngstown City School District is undergoing a major


A flawed charter amendment

Editorial: A flawed charter amendment Now that the signatures have been tallied, an amendment to Youngstown’s


Obama’s visit to the Mideast turns spotlight on challenges

Editorial: President Barack Obama is being careful not to raise expectations for a major breakthrough in the


Charter school in Youngstown continues its academic success

Editorial: Charter schools in Ohio are, by and large, a failure, with only two dozen out of the nearly 300


Only vile partisanship keeps Cordray from a job he’s earned

Editorial: Senate Republicans have made it no secret that they intend once again to kill the nomination of


Charting a path to recovery in wake of Warren tragedy that claimed six young lives

Editorial: Shock, horror, disbelief and grief continue to tear at the heart of the city of Warren and the


State Auditor Yost is justified in targeting JobsOhio’s books

Editorial: There’s nothing “complicated” — the word used by Ohio Gov. John Kasich — about JobsOhio, the so-


Youngstown school board gets warning from oversight panel

Editorial: Youngstown schools Superinten- dent Connie Hathorn is seeking a renewal of his contract that expires


Death knell for Internet cafes

Editorial: As if opponents of Ohio’s seedy network of 800 Internet cafes did not already have enough ammunition


Egypt’s future looking bleak with latest political upheaval

Editorial: Just days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Cairo that the Obama administration


Invest in the currency of democracy: information

Editorial: The principal architect of Amer- ica’s Declaration of Independence once said, “Information is the


Cardinals confront crises as they meet to elect pope

Editorial: Catholics disillusioned with the Roman Catholic hierarcy can find solace in the willingness of the