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


Never ignore dark sides of playing, winning lottery

Editorial: Call us party poopers, stick- in-the-muds or killjoys, but we’ll continue to count ourselves out of


Plans for injection wells warrant speedy approval

Editorial: One month ago today in this space, we argued that a spill of at least 2,000 mucky gallons of light


Obama issues a challenge to a divided United States

Editorial: In his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama all but conceded that


Record 2015 indictments point to need for battling heroin use on many fronts

Editorial: One tangible barometer of the direct link between drug abuse and criminal activity in the Mahoning


US should find way to get drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’

Editorial: There’s good and bad news stemming from the capture last week of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the


As steel industry layoffs grow in Valley, fight for fair trade must press on

Editorial: Unfair trade, low oil PRICES and anemic global demand ganged up on the U.S. steel industry in 2015


McNally should step aside while on trial in Cleveland

Editorial: There is a reason the Youngstown Home Rule Charter specifies that the president of city council


Correction

Editorial: A three-judge panel convicted Danny Lee Hill of Warren of aggravated murder and other charges in


Dante Zambrini leaves legacy of caring leadership

Editorial: As an exceptional educator, Dante Zambrini taught myriad valuable lessons to thousands of


Danny Lee Hill deserves death, not new court date

Editorial: The 30-year miscarriage of justice in the savage rape and murder of a 12-year-old Warren boy shows


Republicans in Congress push anti-Obama agenda

Editorial: With the presidential election this year as the political driving force, the Republican majority in


Celebrate Mill Creek Park’s grand past, present, future

Editorial: 1891: Oh, what a very good year it was! Republican President Benjamin Harrison led an expanding


Resolve to slam brakes on daredevil driving in 2016

Editorial: “Click It Or Ticket.” “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” “Speed Kills.” “U Drive. U Text. U


Ohio must move quickly to bolster the workforce

Editorial: Sixteen months ago, Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich met with Vindicator editors and writers and bemoaned


Bloated staffing levels of city schools troubling

Editorial: Coming on the heels of the inexplicable hiring of an independent contractor to perform some vague