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Three years after pre-emption

Editorial: On the eve of the three-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush chose to


Applicants for administrator need an independent review

Editorial: In the fall of 1993, when then Mahoning County commissioners Thomas Carney, David Engler and Frank


When habitual drunks drive, tragic results are inevitable

Editorial: The death of two young people in a senseless head-on collision is a tragedy. When the driver of the


Criminal justice review panel still won't lift veil of secrecy

Editorial: There was a meeting Tuesday of the committee charged with finding out why Mahoning County's criminal


The first sign that dangers of deficits are seen as real

Editorial: At least some members of President Bush's Cabinet seem to be coming to the realization that they do


Port deal shows weaknesses that demand attention

Editorial: Perhaps the deal to transfer control of operations at six U.S. ports from a British company to one


Kerrigan's return to payroll shows no sense of shame

Editorial: Is Mahoning County so devoid of talent -- or so devoid of ethics -- that Pat Kerrigan, Youngstown's


YSU students to embark on a key mission in Columbus

Editorial: Before Youngstown State University students travel to Columbus to lobby members of the Ohio General


Congress should debate matters of public interest, not sneak riders into law

Editorial: Not long ago, a favorite phrase in Washington was that a president's judicial nominees deserve a


Little good to be found in job-creation survey

Editorial: The best that can be said about the recent job-creation figures in the Milken Institute's Best


Girard's mayor willing to think outside budget box

Editorial: Eliminating a $941,474 operating budget deficit in one year would be a monumental challenge for any


Lower Girard Lake Dam cannot be saved by city

Editorial: Girard Mayor James Melfi, who is successfully guiding city government through a major economic


Community has an interest in Forum's restructuring

Editorial: "James also took care to regularly update Baptist's staff on the progress of the turnaround. She


Crooked congressman in the can

Editorial: Randall "Duke" Cunningham got off easy. The crooked California congressman was sentenced to only


Prosecutor's office foul-up must not be brushed aside

Editorial: We understand that Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains is in Florida for bike week at the Daytona