Opinion and Editorial

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Y’town’s mayor rolls dice with sewer-rate hikes stay

Editorial: In 2014, after the U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency ordered the city of Youngstown to upgrade


DENNIS HETZEL | Guidance on how to keep public records, meetings open in Ohio

Opinion: This is Sunshine Week, a week dedicated to ensuring maximum openness in public records and public meetings. Hetzel is president of the Ohio Coalition for Open Government.


GM Lordstown plant closing will hurt local school districts

Opinion: By Randi Weingarten and Alyssa Brookbank Special to The Vindicator No matter how many times it


Pastors urge Methodists to embrace LGBT people

Opinion: Pastors urge Methodists to embrace LGBT people As the United Methodist Church once again wrestled


Thank you, Prez Obama*

Opinion: *Here’s another option for the headline: “(Fill in the blank) you, Prez Trump” This column is


Mahoning Valley facing a major economic storm

Editorial: There’s bad news – and some not-so-bad news – for this region as it comes to terms with the end of


A Rich downtown

Opinion: The newest version of downtown Youngstown we now see was in its beta stages in 2009. On a wintry


Do not forget the real victims inSFlbthe Robert Kraft pay-for-sex case

Opinion: By Christine Flowers Cagle Cartoons Robert Kraft is being charged with soliciting prostitutes.


Never stop pushing elected officials

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Sometimes we forget the progressive movement’s political goal is not


Green New Deal for US

Opinion: By Hannah Estrada and Michael Estrada OtherWords Should the richest country on earth invest to


GM idling makes hunger campaign more poignant

Editorial: Expect the turbulent ripple effects of this week’s idling of the workforce of the Mahoning Valley’s


Pointless giving Uncle Sam a gift

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons With America’s national debt surpassing a frightening $22


A policy against first use of nukes

Opinion: By Olivia Alperstein OtherWords In a matter of minutes, as easily as sending a tweet, a sitting


DeWine criticized for ignoring GM Lordstown in key address

Opinion: Gov. Mike DeWine took somewhat of a beating from the Mahoning Valley delegation to the General


Governor’s plans for kids deserve to be fast-tracked

Editorial: As is typically the case with state of the state addresses, chief executives of states dangle a grab