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


Public library’s new leader is passionate about her role

Editorial: If the board of directors of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County was looking to


Mahoning elections board must be honest about mess

Editorial: When the Mahoning County Board of Elections meets to discuss the operational failure in the


Valley must tackle challenges and seize opportunities in ’18

Editorial: It is clearly understandable why “happy” would not readily roll off the tongues of many in the


Base commander delivers impassioned call to arms

Editorial: Col. Daniel J. Sarachene’s column published last Sunday on this page reveals a sense of urgency in


High murder rates must be reversed in the Valley

Editorial: Police departments in the Mahoning Valley’s two largest cities will have their work cut out for them


Robins’ project revives past glory, holds hope for future

Editorial: Mention The Robins to many longtime Mahoning Valley residents, and their thoughts won’t instantly


Trump keeping promise to reduce cost of running UN

Editorial: While President Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy is schizophrenic at best, his administration is


Embrace Kwanzaa’s aims to repair damaged world

Editorial: As our nation and world bid adieu to 2017 and stand on the threshold of 2018, reflections on a host


Trump, GOP-led Congress must answer for train crash

Editorial: Shortly after last week’s Amtrak crash south of Seattle that killed three people and injured


The First Christmas

Editorial: The First Christmas AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE days, that there went out a decree from Caesar


Mission needs your help

Editorial: Stubbornly high unemploy- ment and poverty rates in the Mahoning Valley continue to squeeze much


Despite progress, war on opioids must intensify in ’18

Editorial: Residents of the Mahoning Valley hardly needed an empirical health report from Uncle Sam to


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Deputy's gift of life shows the value of organ donors

Editorial: Those in search of a Christ- mas angel need look no farther than Mahoning County Deputy Sheriff


Judicial vetting works

Editorial: The Boston Herald: Few institutions are as critical to a well-functioning democracy as an


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Humphries stays positive about GM’s presence here

Editorial: Thomas Humphries is an unabashed cheerleader for the Mahoning Valley, a role that has enabled him to