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


Volatile stock market is a thing for Washington to fear

Editorial: After what had been one of the wildest weeks of stock market volatility in recent years last week,


Will new mayor fare better with eyesore than foregoer?

Editorial: 2Those were the words we used in February when then Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams said the city


Change is becoming one of the constants for today’s libraries

Editorial: The last of the new libraries that will be part of the legacy of Carlton A. Sears, director of the


Valley residents should unite against cuts by postal service

Editorial: The Mahoning Valley isn’t shy about letting its voice be heard by decision-makers, either in the


Boardman takes the initiative in response to student drug use

Editorial: The Boardman Board of Educa- tion is taking a proactive approach to combating drug use by students,


Youngstown State University cannot afford faculty strike

Editorial: A federal mediator who sat in on contract talks last spring between Youngstown State University and


Running the numbers on the nation’s other dangerous deficit

Editorial: Now comes the other deficit. It’s a cousin to the budget deficit, and it, too, has been taking bites


Youngstown’s new mayor not new to politics in city

Editorial: These are challenging times for just about every community in Ohio, given the roiling national


Liberty-Girard fire services merger talks need state help

Editorial: When Gov. John Kasich visited the Mahoning Valley a week ago, he took the opportunity to repeat


Credit rating downgrade punctuates economic debate

Editorial: Sometimes a number is just a num- ber. For instance, there’s nothing magic about the first 100 days


Gov. Kasich’s push for a study of school consolidation timely

Editorial: Four years ago, Tom Humphries, chief executive officer of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber,


Keeping secrets doesn’t help

Editorial: Keeping secrets doesn’t help When prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges against the defendants


Pay raises in Girard bitter pill to swallow for many taxpayers

Editorial: The arguments put forth by mem- ers of Girard City Council for pay raises for themselves, Mayor


Congress again demonstrates the high cost of gridlock

Editorial: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money is a phrase attributed to


Boardman residents clear about crime-fighting effort

Editorial: Tuesday’s passage of the 3.85-mill police levy in Boardman Township offers a lesson for all local