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Strange political bedfellows may benefit GM Lordstown

Editorial: Absent a statement from President Donald J. Trump about General Motors’ decision to build the


Pen mightier than shotgun in Capital attack aftermath

Editorial: In solidarity with our colleagues at The Capital Gazette and in memory of the four journalists and


Send messages of support for Camp Ravenna project

Editorial: After five long years of detailed study and analysis, the federal government stands poised to


Senate Republicans cave in to payday-lending industry

Editorial: Any way you look at it, the decision by Republican leaders in the Ohio Senate to postpone a vote on


Congress working overtime to fight US opiate epidemic

Editorial: This U.S. Congress, like many before it, rightly deserves the snickers of a nation over its


DeWine should join Kasich in opposing health-care suit

Editorial: Perhaps it’s because he will be leaving office in December, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican,


Don’t celebrate just yet; TJX project not done deal

Editorial: Two prominently placed stories on the front page of Friday’s Vindicator, each with its epicenter in


GM cuts Lordstown crew but boosts plant in Mexico

Editorial: General Motors has added insult to the economic injury it is causing the Mahoning Valley with the


Heed patrol’s sage advice: Move over and slow down

Editorial: With summer officially starting this week, many of us are more than ready to rush headlong into the


US can wait no longer for just immigration reform

Editorial: Controversial develop- ments in the Mahoning Valley and at this country’s southern border this month


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Ohio’s GOP legislators nix a sensible gun-control law

Editorial: Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Senate have largely ignored Republican Gov. John Kasich’s


Curfew sweeps in Y’town benefit youth, neighborhoods

Editorial: Two separate homicides on the East Side of Youngstown late Monday and early Tuesday reinforce the


Trump’s hard-line stance on China trade is justified

Editorial: All the hand wringing over President Donald Trump’s decision to impose additional tariffs on Chinese


Fight abuse of our seniors with awareness and actions

Editorial: The honorable Judge Robert N. Rusu of Mahoning County Probate Court stood before a community forum


Republicans can’t avoid responsibility for ECOT

Editorial: In a five-year period, the scandal-ridden Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow charter diverted $591