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


Kasich’s education push deserves bipartisan nod

Editorial: Republicans and Democrats in the Ohio Legislature will undoubtedly find fault with parts of


Don’t pay any lip service to new telephone scam

Editorial: Can you hear me? That question seems innocent enough to most of us as an opening line to a typical


Trump must keep pledge to upgrade infrastructure

Editorial: Say what you will about the first two weeks of the presidential administration of Donald J. Trump,


Trump’s view of the UN bolstered by ambassador

Editorial: 2Those three words spoken last week by Nikki Haley, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,


Challenges, opportunities greet Black History Month

Editorial: Since its inception nine decades ago, black history observances in February have served as golden


International drug lord faces slew of charges in US

Editorial: A major development in America’s war on drugs occurred Jan. 19, but it was overshadowed by the


Ohio must find best route to restore death penalty

Editorial: After a 3-year-long moratorium on capital punishment, will Ohio ever revive the practice of


Proceed with caution in reopening injection well

Editorial: Now that a path has been cleared for reopening a controversial brine injection well in Weathersfield


Making Youngstown safe one gun seizure at a time

Editorial: The heavy toll gun violence extracts on American cities in lives lost, families shattered and


AG DeWine steps up fight against human trafficking

Editorial: In the insidious – but very often ignored – crime that is human trafficking, children are the most


US should work to erase stigma of mental illness

Editorial: A common but grossly underrecognized thread weaves its way through many of the stories on social


Port authority buys silence with our tax dollars, again

Editorial: If allegations of sexual harassment by two former female employees of the Western Reserve Port


Downtown bike trail merits go-ahead from Clean Ohio

Editorial: A promising project to link two of the Mahoning Valley’s finest assets – Mill Creek MetroParks and


Trump’s inaugural speech must serve as call to action

Editorial: “A new national pride will stir ourselves, lift our sights and heal our divisions. It’s time to


Central Y’s sleek new look reflects downtown change

Editorial: For 101 years, the Central YMCA in the heart of downtown Youngstown has shined as a vibrant beacon