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Y’town schools CEO sets graduation bar very high

Editorial: When we read that Youngstown schools Chief Executive Officer Krish Mohip was aiming for 100


‘Christmas miracle’ holds hope to stem opioid crisis

Editorial: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called this month’s passage of a $6.3 billion


ICE private-prison contract may be just the beginning

Editorial: It is telling that a day after Republican Donald J. Trump won the Nov. 8 presidential election,


Fire up support for YSU’s title-game bound Penguins

Editorial: Talent, teamwork and tenacity have propelled the Youngstown State University football team to its


Ohio’s Sunshine Law easy to follow if you’re inclined

Editorial: The press in general – and this newspaper in particular – are too often obliged to fight what we


Gov. Kasich is right, wrong on anti-abortion measures

Editorial: In vetoing the so-called Heartbeat Bill amendment passed by the Republican-dominated General


YSU’s football coach Pelini makes bad situation worse

Editorial: It has been widely reported that five Youngstown State University football players have been


The shooting of a Youngstown firefighter on the North Side of the city last week represents more

Editorial: The shooting of a Youngstown firefighter on the North Side of the city last week represents more


Collective outrage justified in shooting of city fire crew

Editorial: The shooting of a Youngstown firefighter on the North Side of the city last week represents more


Intensify efforts to reduce stagnant Ohio smoking rate

Editorial: In recent years, the explosive surge in heroin and opiate addiction has garnered a lion’s share of


Correction

Editorial: John Davis is a member of the Niles Financial Planning and Supervision Commission and is not a


Will fiscal recovery plan for Niles finally hold up?

Editorial: For a while, it seemed that Niles Mayor Thomas Scarnecchia was flirting with a vote of no


Air base is a step closer to getting new airplanes

Editorial: Our optimism with regard to the future of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station – as reflected in the


John H. Glenn Jr. gave his nation 95 years of extraordinary service

Editorial: Count the achievements of John H. Glenn Jr. during various stages of his 95 years on this Earth –


New private-prison policy bodes well for state, city

Editorial: The future of the privately operated Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown is looking