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


Ethics panel should review actions of city schools CE0

Editorial: Krish Mohip, chief executive officer of the Youngstown City School District, insists there was no


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Ohio should deny parole to two Trumbull killers

Editorial: Nearly 30 years later, the grisly cold-blooded murder of a young Weathersfield Township man at the


Mahoning County election grabs attention of the state

Editorial: Is Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted letting the fox guard the henhouse when he asks the Mahoning


Marcy’s law passed easily, now the hard work begins

Editorial: On Nov. 7, voters in all 88 Ohio counties approved by overwhelming margins a victims’ bill of


Rise in hate crimes in US last year is not surprising

Editorial: We don’t expect Presi- dent Donald J. Trump to take responsibility for the spike in hate crimes,


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Valley’s food bank grows, as does need to help ease hunger in our community

Editorial: Completion this month of a 2,000-square-foot addition to the warehouse of Second Harvest Food Bank


Big Pharma frightens Ohioans into voting against self-interest

Editorial: Let’s get something straight: The behemoth pharmaceutical industry did not spend more than $77


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New board must resolve old challenges in A’town

Editorial: Even the most wishful thinkers and eternal optimists would have had a hard time making the case that


Vote-count blunder infects Mahoning County election

Editorial: A board of elections has just one job: Conduct two elections a year with honesty, transparency and


Mahoning voters reward agencies, schools at polls

Editorial: Christmas came seven weeks early this year for many local governments, school districts and public-


Our duty to US veterans

Editorial: Duty. Honor. Country. Members of America’s armed forces have embodied those overarching allegiances


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Y’town’s grant application warrants federal approval

Editorial: A “TIGER” rises prominently among the legacies of the two-term administration of President Barack


More than thoughts and prayers needed to lessen toll of gun violence in US

Editorial: This time the setting was a small southeastern Texas hamlet, but the horror that played out there


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Mayor-elect Brown’s win bodes well for Youngstown

Editorial: Although Jamael Tito Brown’s victory in Tuesday’s election for Youngtown mayor is not a mandate,


Youngstown City Schools can do without drama

Editorial: 222Here’s what W. Craig Zimpher, chairman of SERB, wrote in dismissing an unfair labor practices