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


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Editorial - Many can play a role in helping county dog pound

Editorial: Nine months ago, Mahon- ing County took one giant leap toward enhancing animal welfare when a new


Trump’s plan to bail out coal, nuclear misguided

Editorial: During the 2016 presiden- tial election, Republican Donald J. Trump embraced a simple and


Columbiana fair celebrates county’s deep agrarian roots

Editorial: As July morphs into August in the Mahoning Valley, tradition dictates that the gates will swing


Valley plays a key role in charting innovative growth

Editorial: Let’s face it. Despite some noteworthy gains in recent years, Ohio continues to play a losing game


Gov. Kasich, Democrats on same page as to Medicaid

Editorial: The Ohio Democratic Party is circulating a video clip of Chairman David Pepper and others


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Firm up support for TJX as special election nears

Editorial: The little village of Lordstown has long flexed a disproportionately large share of the industrial muscle of the Mahoning Valley.


Pope Francis must punish prominent church leader

Editorial: Once again the Roman Catholic Church is being roiled by a sexual-abuse scandal involving a


Ohio Senate should act to approve sexting bill

Editorial: Only those who have been living under a rock for the past decade are likely to find it surprising


‘Chartergate’ exposes ties between the GOP, industry

Editorial: With each new report of wrongdoing, Ohio’s scandal-ridden charter school system becomes all the


Students uncover import of city’s ‘hidden treasure’

Editorial: A stately Federal-style residential home on Youngs-town’s West Side finds itself in great company


Small win for gun safety

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: It shouldn’t be so hard to keep us all a little safer from gun violence. But a


Trumbull sexism claims justify independent review

Editorial: No workplace in the public or private sector should ever resemble a bullying battlefield or a


Trump’s private meeting with Putin is worrisome

Editorial: What secret accord did Donald Trump reach with Vladimir Putin that would embolden the president of


Mosquito Lake drowning puts focus on water safety

Editorial: The drowning of a young man from Youngstown at Mosquito Lake State Park in Bazetta Township earlier


Y’town mayor should seek assistance of state auditor

Editorial: The reality of Youngstown’s fiscal crisis continues to manifest itself in the daily operation of