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Work out kinks quickly in Cruze local labor pacts

Editorial: As General Motors Chev- rolet Division leaders gather at the opening of the Cleveland Auto Show


Super Tuesday has makings of super outcome for Trump; Kasich banking on March 15

Opinion: Perhaps Donald Trump’s expected strong showing Tuesday will slap some reality into the faces of the


Monetary gift to YSU will benefit city high schoolers

Editorial: It is no secret that the Youngstown City School District’s college-going rate is among the lowest


Wearing the hijab can be unsafe

Opinion: By Hajer Al-Faham The Seattle Times As an Arab and Muslim woman who wore the hijab for 16 years,


Paranoia driving politics

Opinion: Amid the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, there


Booker deserves nation’s highest civilian honor

Opinion: Booker deserves nation’s highest civilian honor Black History Month is a time to celebrate the


Keep momentum building to stop Zika virus’ spread

Editorial: The rapid-fire chain of events to stop the spread of the Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere


Jeb’s mother prescient

Opinion: Jeb Bush should have listened to his mother. “We’ve had enough Bushes,” Barbara Bush said nearly


Conspiracy theorists run amok

Opinion: By Fred Grimm Miami Herald You know – because anyone with access to social media knows – that it


SI swimsuit issue thing of beauty

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune I consider the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue an annual


Will minority voters back Bernie?

Opinion: By Randy Jurado Ertll Tribune News Service Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders recognize


A scary moment unfolds

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON And now, after months of one of the


National Park Service turns 100

Opinion: By Robert Manning Tribune News Service The National Park Service turns 100 this year. As the


Obama has duty to make Supreme Court nomination

Editorial: For the past several years, Republicans in Congress, including Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, have accused


Keep heroin’s destruction out of the reach of children

Editorial: Heroin and opiate abuse is not child’s play. Unfortunately, however, a distressing case out of