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March events focus on the family, women cops

Opinion: Women police officers will be showcased March 24 at Youngstown City Council chambers


President Trump will find out that everything is complicated

Opinion: By Patricia Murphy CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON President Donald Trump laid out a grand vision to


Progress blocked to lessen dire threat of Asian carp

Editorial: For more than a decade now, marine biologists and other aquatic experts have made the potential


Protect cursive writing?

Opinion: When I was a kid, back before the internet, computers, smartphones and driverless cars, students


Tribute to Judge Wapner

Opinion: Toledo Blade: In 1989, two out of three people the Washington Post surveyed couldn’t name a single


Best picture did win

Opinion: By Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News The “La La Land” Oscar-nominated song “Audition”


Dahleen Glanton: Trump plays with fire by taunting foreign nations

Opinion: Dahleen Glanton: Trump plays with fire by taunting foreign nations By Dahleen Glanton Chicago


Rep. Ryan’s decision to forgo race for Ohio governor not surprising; Dems lose well-known candidate

Opinion: Despite his interest in running for governor, most political observers never expected U.S. Rep. Tim


Keep steering the Cruze on path to lasting success

Editorial: These are the best of times and worst of times for the Mahoning Valley’s indisputable industrial


Illegal immigrants boost economy

Opinion: By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View It’s an eye-opening finding: If the U.S. no longer had any


Opioid addiction can start in ER

Opinion: By Michael Barnett and Anupam B. JENA Los Angeles Times There’s a common thread in many


President must flesh out agenda outlined Tuesday

Editorial: When it comes to presi- dential agendas, the devil is in the details. This is especially true of a


Trump should emulate FDR

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service “The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has


Where’s conservative optimism that defined President Reagan?

Opinion: I had never heard of Milo Yiannopoulos until recently, perhaps because I don’t visit some of the


Syrian family finds American dream through hard work and helping hand

Opinion: By Marie Kassab Helfferich The Philadelphia Inquirer My grandfather Wadea Kassab was born in