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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