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FirstEnergy gets bailout, then socks it to workers
Editorial: Toledo Blade: FirstEnergy Solutions got its $150 million-a-year bailout from the state of Ohio and
No voter suppression here
Editorial: Canton Repository: Repeating something that isn’t true more loudly and more often doesn’t make it
State lawmakers must aid women who are sex slaves
Editorial: Last week, we published an op-ed column written by Ohio Attorney General David Yost that made a
Threat of fiscal emergency is very real in Youngstown
Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown has made no secret of the fact that city government is standing
Despite death of Epstein, victims still deserve justice
Editorial: Miami Herald: Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide makes it even more compelling to dig deeper into that sordid
School districts in path of gathering financial storm
Editorial: In Ralph Meacham’s world, numbers come first, and politics second. Thus, when Meacham, the
Poland Historical Society marks birthday with pride
Editorial: Given its strategic geo- political location on the western edge of the original 13 American
Congress must do more than pass red flags laws
Editorial: Los Angeles Times: As he headed off Wednesday morning to Dayton and El Paso to console the most
Future of Y’town schools takes a turn for the worse
Editorial: The Youngstown Board of Education’s failure to meet a 4:30 p.m. Wednesday deadline for placing the
Prevention must take center stage in strategies to rein in opiate epidemic
Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: It may take years to sort out the proportionate blame for the deadly opioid
After carnage in Dayton, it’s time for Legislature to finally do something
Editorial: The Plain Dealer: Too often when the unthinkable happens, when someone with a powerful firearm fells
Mass shootings in El Paso, Dayton will not sway GOP
Editorial: It doesn’t matter how many thoughts and prayers are being pledged for the innocent victims and their
How do we control rage that fuels mass shootings?
Editorial: Chicago Tribune: A murderous madness broke out in America this weekend, extending from El Paso,
Vice President Pence stirs false hope with statement
Editorial: As Democratic candidates for president, including U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, were getting ready
Let Italian pride shine in Valley throughout August
Editorial: IF it’s August, it must mean once again that nearly everyone in the Mahoning Valley is Italian – at