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


Returning to the glory days

Editorial: Returning to the glory days The first thing a new owner of an NFL franchise needs is about a


Youngstown lawmakers snub residents on charter changes

Editorial: By deciding that only four of the 17 charter amendments recommended by a citizens committee will be


Money for Iraq’s rebuilding has vanished into thin air

Editorial: Where’s the outrage from the self-styled paragons of budgetary virtue, led by tea party adherents


Coverage improves for some women; others can only wait

Editorial: Despite the hyperbolic predic- tions of the death of religious freedom in the United States, another


Parking deck debacle accents city government’s dysfunction

Editorial: Two developments on the build- ing improvement front illustrate the timeliness and necessity of the


Surrender days prove worth; coming now to Youngstown

Editorial: It’s not a Get Out of Jail Free card, but the safe-surrender days sponsored by Ohio Attorney


Public workers’ compensation is a tough sell in private sector

Editorial: Trumbull County Commission- er Paul Heltzel was on the mark with this characterization of the bonus


Seeking outside evaluation in cop vs. cop case isn’t a bad idea

Editorial: The Boardman Township adminis- tration is coming under fire for hiring an outside investigator to


Burglary ring in suburbs reflects a spread of crime

Editorial: Last week’s announcement of a major crime bust was significant for a couple of reasons. First, it


Let the games begin

Editorial: Let the games begin Every Olympics opening ceremo- ny in recent times has contained several


Syria’s chemical weapons raise stakes in civil war

Editorial: When the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, said it would be “reprehensible” if


Members of public can make own decisions on court case

Editorial: The public is getting a long-over- due look at why prosecutors thought it was important to pursue


Youngstown gets windfall for its demolition program

Editorial: With twice the amount of state dollars coming to the city of Youngstown than had been expected for


The penalty on Penn State is severe, which it should be

Editorial: It wasn’t the “death penalty,” but for some it’s death by a thousand cuts. The NCAA did not shut


Chief Justice O’Connor acts to reform Youngstown court

Editorial: It’s fortunate there’s a high- ranking politician in the state of Ohio who does not see everything