Opinion and Editorial

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No one knows what’s to come after the horror of Las Vegas

Opinion: By Donald Lambro Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON The investigation into the Las Vegas


Momentum must continue to combat infant mortality

Editorial: Newly released data from the Ohio Department of Health provide guarded optimism that the Buckeye


Corruption rises anew

Opinion: Corruption rises anew First of all, is any one really surprised by the recent incident of a local


Americans get sanitized version of Vegas carnage

Opinion: Americans get sanitized version of Vegas carnage No gaping wounds. No shattered limbs or skulls.


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What’s that clicking noise?

Opinion: Lisa Walters has seen the routine enough. “I have had unpleasant experiences as a customer, and I


Y’town council on the hot seat

Opinion: It should come as no surprise to anyone that Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally is turning a blind eye


Marchionda’s indictment puts Youngstown in bind

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor john A. McNally must know the public will be skeptical of any review by his


NAACP Freedom Fund banquet is Friday

Opinion: The venue this year is the Choffin Career & Technical Center in Youngstown


A quality education lasts a lifetime

Opinion: Somewhere I read that the mind can absorb only what the seat can endure. The mind is like a sponge:


Hell hath no fury

Opinion: By Rick Hodges OtherWords The GOP twice failed to pass health care legislation this year. The


Growing menace to democracy

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Andrews McMeel Syndication “You are the only institution


Sign up to vote by Tuesday to have say in Nov. election

Editorial: One month from today, residents of the Mahoning Valley and Ohio once again will have the opportunity


Factory jobs are evolving

Opinion: A few years ago, I was talking to an official in the last White House about how to best support


Marchionda’s legal troubles place downtown Y’town projects at risk

Opinion: Whether prominent developer Dominic Marchionda and his affiliated businesses are convicted of the


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Lend your voices to help lessen Valley opiate crisis

Editorial: The scope and intensity of the opiate epidemic ravaging our nation, state and community has forced