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Governor on the right track with severance tax proposal

Editorial: It has been almost a year since we first came out in support of Gov. John Kasich’s plan to increase


Another year passes by while Delphi retirees wait for justice

Editorial: A year ago yesterday, we ran an editorial calling on former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams, then the


Why are US-Brazil relations more important than justice?

Editorial: President Barack Obama no doubt is thinking about his legacy as the first African-American to occupy


Weakening of public records, open meetings law is alarming

Editorial: Ohio’s once solid public records and open meetings laws are being chipped away by unfortunate


It’s time to reduce precincts

Editorial: It’s time to reduce precincts We don’t often encourage the rivalry that exists between Mahoning


Latest Valley project receives presidential seal of approval

Editorial: When the president of the Unit- ed States speaks, people far and wide listen. Thus, it isn’t far-


North Korea continues to defy U.N. on development of nukes

Editorial: North Korea’s drive to develop nuclear weapons has reached the stage where U.N. sanctions alone


Polluters damage environment and endanger energy industry

Editorial: No one should be surprised that the dumping of oil-field waste into the Mahoning River by Ben W.


President lays out an agenda that Republicans will not buy

Editorial: Given the GREAT political divide in Washington, anything President Obama said Tuesday night in his


Pope Benedict XVI takes a historic step in stepping down

Editorial: Few men willingly relinquish great power or position. King Edward VIII did it in 1936, abdicating


Pay raise by any justification is still a bitter pill to swallow

Editorial: 2“They” are the commissioners, who last week approved a $10,862 raise for Jeffery S. Uroseva, the


Business incubator is seeking support to build on its success

Editorial: The Youngstown Business Incu- bator, one of the city’s greatest success stories, is entering the


Fewer precincts. lower costs

Editorial: Fewer precincts. lower costs Ohio Secretary of State Jon Hus- ted deserves credit for using more


Local governments won’t see much of Ohio’s budget surplus

Editorial: Gov. John Kasich’s second two- year budget is much like the first in that it expects local


Pakistani girl shot by Taliban won’t be intimidated, silenced

Editorial: Her body bears the scars of the brutal attack last October by the cowardly Taliban, yet her spirit