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Division rules on abortion

Opinion: Lawmakers were back in force at the Statehouse this week, sitting through legislative hearings,


Supporters of Sanders, Trump sold on candidates’ authenticity

Opinion: By David Greenberg Los Angeles Times The resilient popularity of Bernie Sanders’ unreconstructed


Online voter registration will bolster Ohio’s goals

Editorial: Ohio has come a long way, baby, toward encouraging voter participation over the past decade. After


Pharma a major culprit

Opinion: By Nate Hughes The Baltimore Sun Thirteen years ago, I started a pharmaceutical sales career for


Flurry of activity paving the way for start of Oakhill criminal case

Opinion: With the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal-corruption case set to start Feb. 29, the number of


Youngstown’s fiscal crisis dictates spending controls

Editorial: After years of harshly criticizing fact-finders and arbitrators involved in public-sector labor


Art of political fiction

Opinion: By William Egginton The Baltimore Sun This year we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the


Kurdish forces in dire straits in fight against Islamic State

Opinion: Any U.S. effort to uproot the Islamic State from Iraq and Syria this year will have to rely on


How safe is the US?

Opinion: By David Inserra The Heritage Foundation The Justice Department recently announced that two


What Alzheimer’s can’t take away

Opinion: By Dina Eliezer The Philadelphia Inquirer I once read that memory is what forms one’s identity.


It’s time to scrap Citizens United

Opinion: By Kathleen Turner Tribune News Service Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was once asked


Blessed is the Valley for the great works of MVACSFlb

Editorial: In towns and cities across our nation where traditional values of compassion and moral decency


Baptism by fire for new Niles Mayor Scarnecchia

Editorial: It was a tongue-lashing heard ’round the Mahoning Valley. The recipient was the new mayor of the


Mars is still elusive

Opinion: By Alex Roland The Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of the loss of the


Constitutionality of president’s immigration plan will provide high drama in the High Court

Opinion: By Noah Feldman Bloomberg View We now have our major Supreme Court story of the year: The