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Youngstown school district to get independent review

Editorial: Everything will be on the table when the state Financial Planning and Supervision Commission begins


More than a game

Editorial: By any reasonable yardstick, no college football game can be worth 1,000 a ticket. But Saturday's


All isn't quiet in the House

Editorial: Neither party particularly distinguished itself in its post-election leadership selections in the


Guilty verdict against Noe isn't the end of 'coingate'

Editorial: Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, a Republican, is deserving of praise for moving quickly to renew a


Voinovich has opportunity to leave his mark in Senate

Editorial: In his eight years in the U.S. Senate, Republican George V. Voinovich has been part of the majority.


Questions of diplomacy at home and abroad

Editorial: President Bush leaves today for an eight-day trip to Southeast Asia, his first time out of the


What message did voters send to Youngstown board?

Editorial: A 9.5-mill levy was convincingly rejected by voters in the Youngstown City School District last


Brown goes to the Senate with strong voter support

Editorial: With a 450,000-vote margin, U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown goes to the U.S. Senate with this message from


Dann faces challenge of making good on promises

Editorial: There is no question that Marc Dann won the tight race for Ohio attorney general over Betty


Donald Rumsfeld's lesson in a working democracy

Editorial: The United States has given Iraq what is, perhaps, the greatest lesson in democracy yet. When the


After an easy win, Strickland faces challenge of governing

Editorial: The victory of Ted Strickland, Ohio's first Democratic governor in 16 years, was no surprise


GOVERNOR Ed Rendell* (D)1,398,312 Lynn Swann (R)927,657

Editorial: GOVERNOR Ed Rendell* (D)1,398,312 Lynn Swann (R)927,657 U.S. SENATE Rick Santorum* (R)947,292


Saddam's guilty verdict will test the government

Editorial: It comes as no surprise that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes


Cast an informed vote

Editorial: The AARP Ohio ran an interesting advertising campaign last month. The first installment read simply


Fight job losses now or pay benefits later

Editorial: The Department of Labor confirmed the other day what everyone in the Mahoning Valley already knew: