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2018 Relay for Life season steps out today with gusto

Editorial: Relay for Life, the mother of all community fundraisers in the nation, gets back on track in the


Cost ails health care

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons “I’m lucky to have health insurance, but I still can’t afford to


Dem hopefuls for governor avoid confrontation during the debates

Opinion: The previous Democratic gubernatorial debates have not been terribly exciting and the one held


Riverfront development brings clear ripple effects

Editorial: A key addition to Youngs- town’s ongoing urban renaissance officially took root Thursday when


Trip to opioid hell

Opinion: By Michael Reagan Cagle Cartoons I’m feeling human again, thanks. After three weeks of living


Firing Mueller would only make things worse for President Trump

Opinion: WASHINGTON “An attack on our country,” a clearly agitated President Trump said of the search of


Russia must not succeed in impeding Syria attack

Editorial: It has been five days since Syria’s evil dictator Bashar Assad launched a chemical attack on his


What’s wrong in D.C.?

Opinion: KEY LARGO, Fla. At dinner with friends, I was asked what is wrong with Washington. The question


Putin is verifiably untrustworthy

Opinion: By Donald Lambro Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON Timing is critical in both statecraft


Struthers maximizes its resources for city’s gain

Editorial: Struthers, like many other communities throughout the Mahoning Valley, continues to struggle with


Expand definition of hero

Opinion: [Arlington Heights, Ill.] Daily Herald: Doesn’t heroism come down to common decency? There are


Pro-gun position is not sensible

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords As our nation debates gun rights vs. gun control, there’s a stupid


Writer isn’t politically correct, but he is intellectually honest

Opinion: WASHINGTON Brace yourselves, readers. I write today in defense of Kevin Williamson, with whom I


Long-term war on abuse of opiates is far from over

Editorial: New and encouraging state and local data point to a downward slide in the number of drug overdoses


Medicaid & next governor

Opinion: Toledo Blade: Medicaid – especially the 2013 expansion of it under “Obamacare” rules – has been a