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


Congressional districts are a creature of partisan politics

Editorial: There’s got to be a better way of designing congressional districts that represent Ohio as a state


Campbell’s poor bookkeeping remains a point of contention

Editorial: The former chairman of the state-appointed fiscal oversight commission that has been operating in


When disaster strikes, people (and states) look for help

Editorial: After a weekend devoted to the commemoration of the unnatural disaster of Sept. 11, 2001, it seems


Liberty’s water woes reflect larger problem in the Valley

Editorial: About 1,000 Liberty Township resi- dents get their drinking water from the city of Girard — and they


Ten years isn’t long enough

Editorial: There is a theme common to many of the 10th anniversary stories about the terrorist attacks of Sept.


Americans should weigh in on president’s jobs proposal

Editorial: With the nation’s economy and politics broken, President Barack Obama went before the American


A strange case of clemency granted by the governor

Editorial: It’s difficult to DIVINE which con- stituency Gov. John Kasich was responding to this week when he


Mayor Sammarone continues to make changes in City Hall

Editorial: You may not agree with all the changes Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone is implementing in city


China loses a battle over tires, but other battles lie ahead

Editorial: When President Barack Obama imposed tariffs on cheap tires being imported from China two years ago,


Extra money in public treasury is not a surplus in these times

Editorial: If the projections of the auditor’s office hold firm, Mahoning County government will end the year


When there’s not enough labor to go around on Labor Day

Editorial: Labor Day is that end-of-summer holiday that is traditionally marked by fairs, car shows, picnics


In search of a drug-free Ohio

Editorial: In search of a drug-free Ohio State Rep. Robert F. Hagan knows that his latest proposal has as


New legislative district lines in Ohio can be drawn fairly

Editorial: Before Republican legislative leaders in Columbus dismiss offhand a map that won first place in the


World’s leading terror group continues to lose top leaders

Editorial: A mere three months after the world’s leading terrorist organization, al-Qaida, suffered a crippling


DeWine joins fight to protect Great Lakes from invasion

Editorial: It is a sad commentary when a ma- jority of the Great Lakes states have to band together to seek