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Trump pledging to focus on nation’s infrastructure

Editorial: President-elect Donald J. Trump’s policy initiatives are long on rhetoric and short on details,


Strive to preserve sense of infamy in perpetuity

Editorial: The United States had been walking a tightrope through 1940 and 1941. The American people were


Extension of Tressel’s pact brings essential continuity

Editorial: There undoubtedly was relief in the Mahoning Valley with the announcement Thursday that James P.


Hail to Warren JFK Eagles, proud state football champs

Editorial: Talent, teamwork, tradition and tenacity played critical roles in Warren John F. Kennedy’s bringing


Valley has reason to worry about the Ryan-Pelosi clash

Editorial: Despite Mahoning Valley Congressman Tim Ryan’s insistence that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi


In aftermath of deadly Tenn. school-bus crash, make safety top priority

Editorial: Parents who day-in, day-out place the safety and welfare of their children in the hands and motor


America must continue the battle to cure AIDS

Editorial: Just as the scope of public events to mark World AIDS Day has lessened significantly in recent


Lorain schools will benefit from experience in Y’town

Editorial: It has been a year since the Youngstown Plan, designed to revive the academically comatose


Don’t let attack damage multicultural trademark of American universities

Editorial: More questions than answers continue to whirl around Monday’s brazen daylight attack at Ohio State


Trumbull commissioners risk alienating the public

Editorial: As the front-page story today reveals, Trumbull County government is facing a budget crunch that


Fidel Castro is dead, but his repression, abuses live on

Editorial: Even in death, the life and legacy of Fidel Castro cast a long and powerful shadow over his country


City of Niles fiscal crisis can no longer be ducked

Editorial: The recent indictment of ex-Mayor Ralph Infante of Niles and two others on government corruption and


New Ohio Mayors Alliance can give cities united voice

Editorial: The power of strength in numbers lies at the foundation of a promising statewide coalition of


Holiday shopping 101: Do so safely, prudently, locally

Editorial: Nothing signals the opening salvo of the frenzied holiday shopping season more visibly than the


If you must talk politics, do so kindly and gently

Editorial: There is a template that editorial writers use to commemorate Thanksgiving Day. First, we reflect