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High court showdown looms large

Opinion: WASHINGTON Don’t be so sure the Supreme Court is going to save Obamacare. Again. The question is


Build team strategy to lessen concussion dangers to US youth

Editorial: Just a few short weeks from now, football players for high schools across the Mahoning Valley will


Obama should consider a visit to region for Maker City event

Editorial: President Barack Obama has pub- licly mentioned the Mahoning Valley’s trailblazing work in additive


Pope’s edict affects local Mafia boss

Opinion: Lost in all the news coverage about the Second Coming of the King — James, that is, he of the


Don’t put savings above safety

Editorial: Advocates of loosening minimum mandatory prison sentences for drug offenders can quickly spout off


Park board, other officials must stop treating the public like kids

Opinion: Park board, other officials must stop treating the public like kids Ever since the euthanasia of


State racing panel responsible for adequate supply of horses

Editorial: To horsemen and others familiar with the horse-racing industry, Sunday’s front-page in-depth


Community before politics

Opinion: COLUMBUS Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is a Democrat. He supports Democrats, and earlier this


Ban e-cigs from workplaces

Opinion: Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent: There’s a lot we don’t know about electronic cigarettes. There’s


ODNR’s accountability grows with drilling website upgrades

Editorial: For all of its hyperbole and fear- mongering, the furor over fracking in Ohio has produced some


End aid to Palestinian Authority

Opinion: The anti-Semitic “tradition” of blaming Jews for the world’s problems mostly took a temporary back


Rep. Ryan rolling in campaign dough

Opinion: There is little — if any — doubt that U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan will be re-elected in November to his


Greatest threat to our nation looms at border with Mexico

Opinion: Greatest threat to our nation looms at border with Mexico 2They are fleeing from near-broken


Released prisoners get help

Opinion: Ironton (Ohio) Tribune: Last week the state of Ohio opened what could be a saving grace for those


Turning the GOP on its head

Opinion: MENLO PARK, Calif. Fifty Julys ago, up the road near San Francisco, in the unfortunately named Cow