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


City employees free to leave, and they will over time

Editorial: City employees free to leave, and they will over time Do not believe the soothing words of public


Health care premium co-pay is standard in the workplace

Editorial: Even if Warren city government weren’t imploding financially, even if police and firefighters


Obama can’t ignore corruption in Africa

Editorial: When President Obama visits Ghana next month in his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, he


Zero tolerance enforcement comes with a twist this year

Editorial: Zero tolerance enforcement comes with a twist this year Youngstown police and the Ohio State


Warren’s future depends on residents’ involvement

Editorial: When Warren Mayor Michael O’Brien sat in Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown on the evening of Jan.


Winning an election gives a judge a new perspective

Editorial: Winning an election gives a judge a new perspective Over the next few weeks the Mahoning County


Tsagaris’ guilty plea prompts questions requiring answers

Editorial: In the eight years he was a Trumbull County commissioner, James G. Tsagaris had contact with


The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill.: Take my wife! Please.

Editorial: The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill.: Take my wife! Please. That’s what Rod Blagojevich said to NBC,


Give the public a peek into Congress’ spending habits

Editorial: Give the public a peek into Congress’ spending habits In Great Britain, Parliament is being


Demands by local judges put city, county in financial bind

Editorial: “With respect to the budget challenges you may encounter locally, I urge you to continue to keep


China’s switch to capitalism does not change its attitude

Editorial: China is an economic powerhouse, as evidenced by the $1.5 trillion it owns in U.S. Treasury bills


Obama gave a very good speech (details to follow)

Editorial: Obama gave a very good speech (details to follow) The contrast between their words could not have


Murder of Dr. Tiller puts abortion foes on the spot

Editorial: Inflammatory language has but one goal: To ignite the passions of like-minded individuals, and, if


A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you own GM

Editorial: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you own GM There’s no question that the $50


Rejection of buyout plan not good for Youngstown

Editorial: Although Mayor Jay Williams tried to put a positive spin recently on the police patrol officers