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Gov.-elect DeWine’s focus on children is admirable
Editorial: We have no doubt that Mike DeWine will be up to the task of governing the state of Ohio starting in
Rash of school-levy losses reveals voter skepticism
Editorial: Have Mahoning Valley voters suddently become less supportive of public school districts than the
Put the ‘redding’ of Valley to good use in Legislature
Editorial: Residents of Mahoning and Trumbull counties voted for dramatic political change in Tuesday’s
Ryan, Johnson and Brown a good team for the Valley
Editorial: When Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Reps. Tim Ryan, D-Howland, and Bill Johnson,
Saudi Arabia gets a pass in the killing of journalist
Editorial: First it was President Donald J. Trump who let it be known that America’s economic interests would
Exercise your right to vote in critical election Tuesday
Editorial: Few would dispute the notion that Republican President Donald J. Trump and Democrat former
Medicare, Social Security could be on chopping block
Editorial: With the federal budget deficit exploding – it is projected to top $1 trillion in 10 years –
Valley guys should man up to fight prostate cancer
Editorial: Over the past decade, a growing network of organizations in the world, the nation, the state and
Youngstown Diocese must stay its course of openness
Editorial: In one sense, Tuesday ranks as one of the darkest days in the 75-year history of the Roman Catholic
Saudi Arabia will cover up savage death of journalist
Editorial: The law in Saudi Arabia is what the ruling royal family says it is, which is why that country’s
Trump exploits pipe-bomb scare, deepens divisions, ratchets up toxic incivility
Editorial: Though upstaged in horror and in carnage by the massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at a Pittsburgh
Experience gives D’Apolito edge in appeals-court race
Editorial: The state of Ohio sets the bar surprisingly low in establishing the minimum qualifications to serve
Massacre in Pittsburgh resonates in the Valley
Editorial: There are ties that have long bound the Mahoning Valley to the city of Pittsburgh, which is why
Ohio will be well served with Cordray as governor
Editorial: When a veteran office- holder is given the chance to redeem himself on a defining issue in his
Reject eighth try for ban on fracking; say no to end of term limits for council
Editorial: What part of “no” – multiplied tens of thousands of times over in votes over five years – do the