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YSU isn’t unique among state universities facing challenges

Editorial: Perhaps the most surprising AS- pect of recent efforts to reach a contract with faculty members of


Temporary roadblock, anyway

Editorial: Temporary roadblock, anyway It is not going to be easy to stop Ohio Gov. John Kasich from selling


An American challenge: Can ‘Super Congress’ bring results?

Editorial: Pardon our skepticism, but the popular moniker attached to the U.S. Joint Select Committee on


Note to Congress: China’s already eating our lunch

Editorial: Listening to some of the trade apologists for China warn against congressional action over currency


Exit death row in Youngstown; Enter more efficiency in prisons

Editorial: The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction wisely decided this week to relocate the bulk


If the case is a sham, why not let the public see and decide?

Editorial: Visiting Judge William H. Wolff Jr. spent the better part of a day in a Mahoning County Common


Getting it right

Editorial: An editorial in Tuesday’s editions arguing against the expansion of school vouchers in Ohio


Expansion of school vouchers in Ohio fails on many fronts

Editorial: Just as many public school districts in the Mahoning Valley and throughout Ohio are vigilantly


Sick pay is an employee benefit; it shouldn’t become a cash cow

Editorial: We should be immune to it by now, we suppose. But our sensibilities are still shocked every time


GM should reward Lordstown with new version of the Cruze

Editorial: There’s no shortage of politicans waiting to take a bow if General Motors Corp. selects its


Safe, legal and rare

Editorial: Safe, legal and rare We have long subscribed to the belief that abortions in the United States


Pakistan should think twice before breaking with the U.S.

Editorial: Tensions between the United States and Pakistan are as high as they’re ever been, but before the


Patching the bargaining hole in Part D is worth a look

Editorial: No senior citizen wants to jeop- ardize Medicare Part D, the prescription payment plan that was


Democrats should challenge legality of GOP district maps

Editorial: When 25 grassroots organiza- tions in the state charge that Republicans have used their majority in


Ban texting and driving in Ohio, and begin saving lives

Editorial: The Ohio Senate begins work today on a bill that was approved by the House in the spring and is long