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


YSU’s enrollment spike reverses five-year trend

Editorial: A year ago, WE expressed our misgiving about the spin Youngstown State University put on the 4


Outbreak of Zika virus demands global response

Editorial: As an estimated 200,000 Americans prepare to compete in or attend the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio


Online voter registration will bolster Ohio’s goals

Editorial: Ohio has come a long way, baby, toward encouraging voter participation over the past decade. After


Youngstown’s fiscal crisis dictates spending controls

Editorial: After years of harshly criticizing fact-finders and arbitrators involved in public-sector labor


Blessed is the Valley for the great works of MVACSFlb

Editorial: In towns and cities across our nation where traditional values of compassion and moral decency


Baptism by fire for new Niles Mayor Scarnecchia

Editorial: It was a tongue-lashing heard ’round the Mahoning Valley. The recipient was the new mayor of the


Sebring water users deserve answers on unhealthy delays

Editorial: When it comes to ensuring quality public health, timing can be everything. Prompt notifications to


Youngstown schools get good, bad news from state

Editorial: There’s a sliver of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has academically defined the


Iran’s compliance raises hope for lasting progress

Editorial: Last weekend’s rapid-fire chain of events emanating from the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear arms


Infant deaths a reflection of racial divide in the US

Editorial: Nowhere is the linger- ing racial divide in our nation, state and community more visible and more


Youngstown’s fiscal crisis shows no signs of ending

Editorial: Just days after we urged Youngstown Mayor John A. Mc- Nally to step aside while he’s on trial in


Despite flawed report cards, new results reflect well on most Valley school districts

Editorial: The tardy release last week of incomplete report-card results for Ohio schools for the 2014-15


Boston Marathon bomber doesn’t deserve new trial

Editorial: Not only was federal Judge George O’Toole Jr. unswayed by Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar


Valley’s Sojourn to the Past embodies legacy of MLK

Editorial: Over the past 10 years, the Mahoning Valley has been blessed to have an angel among us in the form


Mahoning County gets a reality check from auditor

Editorial: In 2013, with federal census bureau estimates showing Mahoning County leading Ohio in terms of