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Court makes a tough decision but the only one that it could

Editorial: No one ever said remaining a free country is easy or comfortable. And few instances in memory rise


Kasich touts Valley in speech; will action follow his words?

Editorial: By this time next week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s first biennium budget will be subjected to close


Keep partisan politics out of election reform in Ohio

Editorial: In the numerous editorials pub- lished in this space about Ohio’s broken election system, there has


Paying proper tribute to the last veteran of first world war

Editorial: It will be nothing short of a dis- grace if House and Senate leaders do not reach an agreement to


Ohio’s new higher ed chief should avoid hasty decisions

Editorial: It is clear that Republican Gov. John Kasich and the Republican controlled General Assembly view


Good news on Warren job front

Editorial: Good news on Warren job front An outside observer can be for- given for being confused by the ups


Freezing assets of dictators is first step in punishment

Editorial: Civil war-torn Libya is the rich- est country in Africa because of its oil, and the wealth of the


Another Republican revolution, against women’s right to choose

Editorial: Most of the media attention given in recent weeks to the effects of increased Republican margins in


Hubbard’s top cop should reveal the details of illness

Editorial: Because the medical records of public employees are exempt from the state law designed to make


President has to keep a close eye on oil and gasoline prices

Editorial: Ohio motorists are reaching deeper and deeper into their pockets to find the money necessary to


Use-it-or-lose-it provision necessary for public sector

Editorial: While Republicans in state gov- ernment and Ohio’s public employees remain locked in a bitter battle


Time for Gov. Kasich to begin speaking with more specificity

Editorial: Gov. John Kasich came to the Ma- honing Valley on Thursday at the invitation of the


State must weigh ramifications of closing adult-care home

Editorial: If the state of Ohio decides to shut down the House of Hope on Illinois Avenue in Youngstown, we


Gestation period for injustice

Editorial: Gestation period for injustice Here are some of the things foR which you could spend nine months


Murder of Americans raises the stakes in war on piracy

Editorial: It has been six years since pirates from the war-torn, lawless African nation of Somalia took