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Voting rights under attack in US

Opinion: By Starita Smith Tribune News Service Voting rights are under assault across the United States.


Race for Warren mayor takes unexpected turn

Editorial: If experience were the only standard by which a candidate for public office should be judged, Warren


Turning spotlight on vile behavior

Opinion: COLUMBUS There’s some pretty vile stuff on the Internet – that should go without saying. Take,


Assault on science, human good

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service It’s the right wing that is anti-scientific, it is often


A sad state of death

Opinion: LOS ANGELES Shortly after signing a bill allowing assisted suicide in California, Democratic Gov.


Oakhill witness list spells Cafaro

Opinion: Those on the potential witness list in the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal-corruption case looks


GM-UAW tentative pact merits speedy ratification

Editorial: With picket signs neatly in place and picket lines nearly on pace, some 52,000 nail- biting General


Conservatives bracing for battle

Opinion: By Mark Davis The Dallas Morning News Conservatives are bracing for a harsh battle on the


Time is running out on developmental centers; legislative action needed

Editorial: Unless Republican Gov. John R. Kasich, a candidate for the GOP nomination for president, and the


Addicts flooding prisons

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON You would have been hard-pressed to find a


Keep cats indoors on Halloween

Opinion: By Alisa Mullins People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals When my mom was a little girl, she


GOP’s big majority in the House is more a curse than a blessing

Opinion: Less than a year ago, after Republicans rolled up big majorities in the 2014 congressional


There is no free lunch

Opinion: A recent New York Times headline read, “Raising Taxes on the Wealthiest Would Pay for Bold Plans.”


Controversies pale against need for Mill Creek levy

Editorial: These are the best of times and the worst of times for Mahoning County’s sprawling Mill Creek


Stoyak has served Liberty well, deserves re-election

Editorial: After more than a decade leading Liberty Township as a trustee, you would think that Jodi Stoyak has