Opinion and Editorial

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Return of daily air service to Valley now on the radar

Editorial: There’s a glimmer of hope today that the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport will have daily


Booker deserves Medal of Freedom

Opinion: In 2014, the Associated Press Society of Ohio inducted Youngstown son Simeon Booker into its state


Dem chief skewers Chamber president over fees to arts groups

Opinion: Imagine this scenario: Mahoning Valley’s legislative delegation sends a letter to organizations


St. Vincent volunteer defends ex-dining hall manager

Opinion: St. Vincent volunteer defends ex-dining hall manager The news that Skip Barone resigned his


Battle looms large over US climate change policy

Editorial: For more than 100 world leaders, the effects of global temperatures rising have reached a point


In praise of the diminutive penny

Opinion: For many of us, the Great Depression was a penniless, dirt-poor society – a penny-picking, penny


In search of Capitol answers

Opinion: This is a story about bureaucracy and the stonewalling that often occurs when lowly reporters like


Is Trump’s rhetoric too extreme?

Opinion: By Dan K. THOMASSON Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Apparently, Donald Trump’s Republican fans


Oak Hill Collaborative seeks to improve inner-city life

Opinion: OHC provides a small-business incubator and has been involved in neighborhood revitalization projects


Mexican outflow evident

Opinion: By Karthick Ramakrishnan Los Angeles Times The Pew Research Center released a report in November


Mass murders becoming new normal in America

Editorial: For the second time in the past week, another mass shooting with mass casualties has left Americans


Raises for state troopers

Opinion: The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer: Most of us look at our state troopers as elite cops, the cream of


Dems aim to reverse losing trend in Ohio Supreme Court elections

Opinion: Democrats have done a lousy job getting their candidates elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in the


Closure of soup kitchen reveals operational woes

Editorial: The temporary closure this week of the St. Vincent de Paul Society dining hall in downtown


Absurd overkill on PC

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Universities in America are getting tough on using words.