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Mahoning Auditor Meacham should ask the state for help

Editorial: Ralph Meacham has made his first major decision as Mahoning County auditor, and it’s momentous: He


GOP sets a record in futility

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The GOP-led House of Representatives has already achieved a historic


The hard part; the fun part

Opinion: I love my job, as I think I’ve said a few times here. And weeks like this are why. The job has


Ohio lawmakers have obligation to extend expansion of Medicaid

Opinion: Ohio lawmakers have obligation to extend expansion of Medicaid Medicaid helps Ohio. And it helps


Be aware, lawmakers urge

Opinion: COLUMBUS Lawmakers excel at designations. Each session, they produce dozens of bills designating


President Johnson was hero of Selma, too

Opinion: President Barack Obama will commemorate some real heroes this weekend in Selma, Ala. — the African-


Policing in America, and Ohio, needs regular review, reform

Opinion: Toledo Blade: Recent federal investigations have exposed systemic patterns of improper and


50 years after Selma, renew commitment to voting rights

Editorial: At 2:30 P.M. Sunday, thousands of people will march across an iconic Alabama bridge named after a


2 leave legacy of service to church and family

Opinion: They operated behind the scenes to make a difference


Eleventh-hour effort to save postal centers merits support

Editorial: It’s crunch time for efforts of 82 hit-listed U.S. Postal Service processing centers to dodge the


Black lives do matter — as Lincoln said 150 years ago

Opinion: By Martha Hodes Los Angeles Times A decade and a half into the 21st century, the Voting Rights


NATO spending cuts wrong

Opinion: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: An analysis of the 2015 spending plans of the countries in the 28-member


Netanyahu’s speech was all politics

Opinion: If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really didn’t want his speech on Tuesday to look


YSU play captured essence of ethnic life in steel communities

Opinion: YSU play captured essence of ethnic life in steel communities The YSU Theater Department


Sciortino thumbs his nose at county taxpayers

Opinion: Between the time of losing the Nov. 4, 2014, general election and getting suspended with pay March 2