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Feds should move quickly on the Antonini plea deal

Editorial: Given that federal prosecutors have not identified the businessman who slipped $3,000 in cash to


Poland, Champion, McDonald enjoy wet, wild championships

Editorial: Spring 2011 in the Mahoning Val- ley will go down in the history books as one of the soggiest in


New York congressman followed a too familiar path

Editorial: We’re going to resist making weiner jokes, because there is nothing funny about what we now know


Trumbull County engineer has a lot of explaining to do

Editorial: Six months ago, we suggested that Trumbull County Engineer David DeChristofaro’s abuse of power


Budget is supreme among the mysteries of government

Editorial: The Senate will be passing its ver- sion of Ohio’s $55 billion two-year budget this week, and then


Plenty of water to go around, but how do we distribute it?

Editorial: A couple of years ago, the Ma- honing Valley Sanitary District launched a marketing campaign to find


Musings at graduation time

Editorial: Musings at graduation time This is an exciting time for thou- sands of young graduates, as stories


Mladic has blood of thousands on his hands; he must be tried

Editorial: Before he was put on a plane in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, headed for The Hague, Netherlands,


Details of Oakhill case still being kept from public view

Editorial: It’s been 10 months since two elect- ed Mahoning County officials, two former officials, three


New budget deficit projection requires independent review

Editorial: Given that Republican Gov. John Kasich and the GOP majority in the House and Senate are using the $8


Tressel drops the ball, loses what was the job of a lifetime

Editorial: About 15 years ago, comedian Jay Leno was sitting across from a Hollywood star who had be caught in

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Liberty schools’ fiscal collapse prompts numerous questions

Editorial: The decision by state Auditor Dave Yost to place the Liberty Local School District under fiscal


This special day has become more holiday than sacred day

Editorial: Today is as close to an old-fash- ioned Memorial Day as it gets. Yes, it’s on a Monday, just like


DeWine shows commitment

Editorial: DeWine shows commitment It was good to see Attorney Gen- eral Mike DeWine in Youngstown again,

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Threat of lawsuit by Gains won’t solve funding issues

Editorial: Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains wants the commissioners to return the $100,000 they took from