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Precluding insider trading in Congress was long overdue

Editorial: It took six years, a “Sixty Minutes” expos that embarrassed congressional leaders from both


Firing of Prosecutor Macejko is a cautionary tale for others

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Sammarone had no choice but to fire city Prosecutor Jay Macejko, given


The First Easter

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


Brotherhood breaks promise; Egypt’s future now uncertain

Editorial: As the world awaits the verdict in the criminal trial of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a


Government convenience vs. a person’s sense of dignity

Editorial: Conventional wisdom holds that when conservative justices on the Supreme Court of the United States


Democrats should stand firm against GOP attack on voters

Editorial: Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate are spoiling for a political fight — just like the one that


Opening a coordinated attack on human trafficking in Ohio

Editorial: Ohio is in the forefront of states seeking to identify the extent of human trafficking and to


Region should take advantage of offer from US Sen. Portman

Editorial: Over the weekend, some national news organizations speculated that Ohio’s Republican senator, Rob


There’s no quick solution if court rejects health-care act

Editorial: The decision most likely has al- ready been made, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United


If you build it, they will fold

Editorial: If you build it, they will fold There was a day when the Ohio Constitution was clear about


Decision on bed-tax increase should be made with the facts

Editorial: Both sides in the debate over the proposal to increase Mahoning County’s bed tax by 2 percent offer


US president acts to repair relationship with Pakistan

Editorial: There’s no denying the fact that having Pakistan as a friend rather than an enemy makes it easier


Consumers’ counsel takes on big job under trying conditions

Editorial: Over a period of seven years, the Office of Consumers’ Counsel under Janine Migden-Ostrander spent


Court reform won’t occur without change in attitude

Editorial: Mahoning County residents ex- pecting a firm commitment from government officials that the archaic


North Korea is on the verge of taking another step backward

Editorial: It’s probably asking too much of a young man thrust into leadership of his nation by his father’s