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Unprecedented disasters call for international aidSFlb

Editorial: The late summer of 2017 may well go down in the annals of Western Hemisphere weather history as


Increasing property values bring positive ripple effects

Editorial: One of the most reliable indicators of the economic health of any community can be measured in the


Amid gloomy economic data, hunger tightens grip on area

Editorial: Tuesday’s disheartening report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services showing already


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Black Monday: Let's recall the past, embrace the future

Editorial: We pause to remember that fateful day 40 years ago when Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.’s Campbell Works


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Report-card summaries mask true gains for schools

Editorial: Oh, really? Ohioans can be forgiven for uttering such skepticism over State Superintendent of


Storm clouds gathering over Youngstown State

Editorial: The possibility of a strike looms large as members of Youngstown State University’s faculty meet


Equifax breach demands action on several fronts

Editorial: Although virtually eclipsed by the natural disaster of Hurricane Irma over the past week, a national


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More teaching in Y'town should be matter of course

Editorial: The academically troubled Youngstown City School District is not expected to make notable gains in


Let wrath of Irma unleash a lasting positive impact

Editorial: Despite weakening in intensity as she ruthlessly roared up the Sunshine State, Hurricane Irma has


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GM continues to impair its Lordstown complex

Editorial: Even the most optimistic Mahoning Valley resident must feel some trepidation over the future of


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Remembrance, resilience, resolve define Patriot Day

Editorial: On this Sept. 11, Americans will pause to remember precisely where they were and exactly what they


America is the only home ‘Dreamers’ have known

Editorial: When former President Barack Obama signed an executive order in June 2012 creating the Deferred


High court should preserve HIV-assault law in Ohio

Editorial: Is Ohio’s state law requiring HIV-positive individuals to disclose that status to a partner before


City should seek means to accept vital fire grant

Editorial: In these times of financial restraint and revenue shortfalls for local governments throughout the


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Harry Meshel: Champion of Valley's working class

Editorial: There is a reason Harry Meshel, the political icon of the Mahoning Valley, was so committed to