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Time to lift veil of secrecy from Ohio’s jobs initiative

Editorial: For seven years, JobsOhio, the state’s privatized economic- development endeavor, has been shielded


Someone had to lead first

Opinion: A few new restaurants will be giving it a go in downtown Youngstown in upcoming weeks, and the


Trump’s wall is a threat to wildlife

Opinion: By Sergio Avila OtherWords Some Americans think of the U.S.-Mexico border as a wasteland. In


What have Trump’s ‘Dreamers’ contributed to America? Nothing

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication Does anyone know why President Trump loves “Dreamers”


Today’s March for Our Lives could be tipping point for US

Editorial: Fifty years ago this spring, American students mostly of college age mobilized opposition to the


Can’t wait for 2035

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons My golden years are shaping up to be way better than I expected.


Effort to ban fracking in Y’town returns to Ohio Supreme Court

Opinion: For the third time, the Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether an initiative to ban fracking in


Keen professionalism ends 3 weeks of terror in Texas

Editorial: Before the explosive events of this month, many Americans best knew the city of Austin, Texas, as


Democrats dream of capturing congressional districts in Calif.

Opinion: LOS ANGELES On a recent Sunday evening, Katie Hill, 30, whose father is an LA police lieutenant in


With Trump, joke’s over

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons All kidding aside: Donald Trump is no longer funny. Entertainers,


Trump congratulates Putin after win in a fake election

Editorial: Why is President Donald J. Trump so enamored of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? Is it possible


Obama, Clinton have roles to play

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons What the nation needs desperately as the 2018 midterm elections


Climate-change hoax is exposed

Opinion: Since the beginning of recorded history there have been end of the world predictions. In recent


Work to make dip in opiate deaths start of a long trend

Editorial: On the surface at least, preliminary numbers from Trumbull County health officials offer a glimmer


March Madness in White House

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons And once again the crowd goes wild with a bad case of March