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


Warren gets a tool to help save and develop its housing stock

Editorial: The word unsustainable gets A lot of use these days, most often in reference to governmental


Who will decide what projects receive money from the state?

Editorial: We’re not ready to buy into state Rep. Robert F. Hagan’s conspiracy theory about the proposed state


Congress shouldn’t be exempt from insider-trading laws

Editorial: There have been a handful of members of Congress who have been saying for years that the


Pennsylvania’s gravy train

Editorial: Pennsylvania’s gravy train The average pay for a state leg- islator in the United States is about


Reduction in property tax levy does not ensure voter support

Editorial: By any measure, the Youngstown City School District’s shedding of the state’s fiscal emergency


In Egypt, Arab Spring warmth has turned into the chill of Fall

Editorial: The 18-day revolution at the start of the year in Egypt that forced the resignation of long-time


Region’s economy shows signs of recovery; challenges remain

Editorial: It would be premature to declare that the Mahoning Valley has weathered the national economic storm,


Finding rare agreement on the rightness of giving thanks

Editorial: Today, we can be thankful for many things. Not the least of those is a Washington Post-ABC News


Failure of supercommittee is mark of shame on members

Editorial: Working in secret, the woeful- ly misnamed supercommittee of six Democrats and six Republicans


Tuition increase at YSU should be the last resort

Editorial: Before Youngstown State Univer- sity’s board of trustees votes to increase tuition for graduate and


A lot of water’s gone over the dam while people talked about cleaning up Mahoning River

Editorial: For decades during which the Steel Valley earned its name, the Mahoning River never froze over. And


Could port entity have found someone even more qualified?

Editorial: Our use of the words “even more” in the headline is an acknowledgement that the Western Reserve


Murder by the numbers

Editorial: Murder by the numbers It is chilling when a city’s police chief refers to “assassinations” when


Syrian uprising not a surprise given Assad’s iron-fisted rule

Editorial: Syria’s President Bashar Assad ig- nored the lessons of the Arab Spring and, in fact, insisted in


Mental health courts: A good idea then and even better now

Editorial: Ohio Supreme Court Justice Eve- lyn Lundberg Stratton and Attorney General Mike DeWine are once