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Supreme court official shows extent of court's dysfunction

Editorial: Nineteen months after the word dysfunctional was used to describe Mahoning County's criminal justice


Public employees retire younger, richer

Editorial: Pension plans for workers in private industry are being redefined, reduced and even eliminated, but


Why does Medicaid money flow toward Cincinnati?

Editorial: Three paragraphs in a 2,300-page bill passed in the 2005-2006 session of the Ohio General Assembly


Turning Technologies ties Youngstown to Australia with its new-age product

Editorial: With one deal, Youngstown-based Turning Technologies, one of the hottest high-tech companies in


Youngstown's lead problem could get an airing in court

Editorial: Before The Vindicator revealed in 1998 the extent to which Youngstown's inner city children were


Iran must not be rewarded for releasing its hostages

Editorial: Iran is obviously going to claim victory in its standoff with Great Britain over Iran's illegal


Attorney General Dann keeps campaign promises -- so far

Editorial: We have no doubt that in Columbus, which owes its success to all the state agencies, departments and


History of trade is helpful in setting future policy

Editorial: When the phrase "biggest trade deal since NAFTA" is used to describe a proposed trade pact,


Judge's silence isn't golden with regard to trial's delay

Editorial: When a man accused of a crime has been sitting in the Mahoning County Criminal Justice Center since


U.S. trade policy with China hits close to home for some

Editorial: For many people in the United States, the massive trade imbalance with China remains at best an


Youngstown Diocese gets its first look at the new bishop

Editorial: Bishop George Murry has put behind him a full week of getting to know the Mahoning Valley. Events


Granting Felasco parole would prove crime pays

Editorial: Before a state parole officer meets this month with former Lawrence County Treasurer Gary Felasco to


Sound of Thunder today is music to region's ears

Editorial: Mahoning Valley residents Dr. Michael Slyk, Dr. Jon Saadey and Tim Chesney did the heavy lifting.


After the president's veto, the Iraq debate begins anew

Editorial: President Bush has the constitutional right to do what he says he will do: veto a supplemental


It's time for local officials to stop roiling the waters

Editorial: While the saber-rattling by trustees in Austintown and Boardman townships over the drinking water