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Mahoning County’s future must underpin pay review

Editorial: A compensation and classi- fication study of Mahoning County government is designed to determine


US must stand united in aftermath of Dallas

Editorial: In a nation dazed and CONFUSED by the chain of police-initiated killings, mass shootings and terror


A rededication to service, convenience of the airport

Editorial: Seventy-five years ago last Friday, thousands converged on the Mahoning Valley’s brand-spanking new


GOP leaders in Congress putting Americans at risk

Editorial: Two months ago, we warned that the Zika virus was becoming a public-health crisis in the United


Amid funding cut, don't let homeless become helpless

Editorial: Federal bureaucrats recently and unceremoniously yanked out a critical step on the ladder leading


US attorney general can’t go near probe of Clinton

Editorial: The moment THAT former President Bill Clinton entered U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch’s


US continues to broaden noble ideals of Declaration

Editorial: Americans, by our very nature, are a rugged, vigilant and resilient lot. On this day, the 240th


A moment of reckoning for Youngstown schools

Editorial: Fresh eyes are now focused on the academically challenged Youngstown City School District, and what


Despite looser laws, safer products, fireworks still can pose serious dangers

Editorial: Boom times in America are here again – in full force. Yes, throughout this Independence Day


Red ink threatens future of Campbell’s water plant

Editorial: Eleven years ago, the city of Campbell, which was in fiscal emergency at the time, tried to sell its


High court rejects Texas’ ploy to restrict abortions

Editorial: The fatal flaw in the Texas abortion clinic laws that were overturned this week by the Supreme


$4M Valley jobs grant proves Uncle Sam can spend wisely

Editorial: Over the years, many fed- erally funded projects have been deserved targets of derision and


White House can’t ignore bipartisan YARS support

Editorial: Last December, Ohio’s two U.S. senators and the Mahoning Valley’s three U.S. House members signed a


Anger over globalization threatens Europe and US

Editorial: Little good can COME from the geopolitical divorce of the century that played out last week in the


Sliver of light at the end of the gun-control tunnel

Editorial: As the week came to a close, it appeared that some members of Congress had finally woken up to the