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Ohio Senate acts on concerns involving JobsOhio initiative

Editorial: If the chairman of the state Sen- ate Finance Committee is to be believed, all the major concerns


Is ex-Mayor Dill best choice to assist Campbell’s mayor?

Editorial: After being out of the public EYE for a little over a year, Jack Dill, the city of Campbell’s former


Legacy: City and state working together to reduce crime

Editorial: Witnesses said Jamail Johnson died trying to defuse an explosive situation during a party at a


State workers will have to pay for changes to retirement funds

Editorial: Hearing the chairman of the House Committee on Health and Aging discuss what will be done to prop


Owners find that old buildings come with strings attached

Editorial: What is one to do with an old building? That’s a question being asked throughout the Mahoning


One break too many already

Editorial: One break too many already Last May when Bryce D. Burke was sentenced to what most people would


High profile murders obscure dip in violent crime in Y’town

Editorial: Though the 20 homicides last year in Youngstown are still too many for a city with a population of


Eyesore in downtown Y’town won’t be removed immediately

Editorial: When Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams says the city still has the option of filing a lawsuit against


As car sales increase, there’s reason for optimism here

Editorial: The state of the nation was never quite as simple as what’s good for GM is good for the country,


Senate Republicans must not rush to judgment on JobsOhio

Editorial: It took the Republican-controlled Ohio House of Representatives less than a month to pass a bill


A little winter weather now challenges our coping skills

Editorial: So what message does it send? When people are reporting for work at jobs in vital areas — police


With money in short supply, governments must innovate

Editorial: Two headlines in Saturday’s Vindi- cator illustrate the challenges governments at all levels are


Egypt is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma*

Editorial: There are a thousand implica- tions to what has been happening in Egypt in recent days and only two


Trustees must make the case for a police levy in Boardman

Editorial: We know there are at least 16,516 Boardman residents who care about the township’s finances, and


A tarnished hero

Editorial: A tarnished hero An Akron woman who went to jail for 10 days after being found guilty of