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JobsOhio fails GM Lordstown

Opinion: When NCR Corp, finally announced what so many had long feared – that it would move 1,250 good-


New AG should review Oakhill

Opinion: “It dawned on me that you may not have read or seen Dave’s speech for his swearing in. Given your


Who’s driving the ‘Drive It Home’ GM campaign?

Opinion: Who’s driving the ‘Drive It Home’ GM campaign? A friend from New York visited last week and on his


Hoerig case guilty verdict a testament to rule of law

Editorial: It was a bittersweet moment for the Mahoning Valley when Judge Andrew Logan announced the verdict


Worried about robots? Become one

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords We humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the


Trans ban is bigotry

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords The Supreme Court just paved the way for President Donald Trump’s


Democrats now love ‘co-equal’

Opinion: By Byron York Andrews McMeel Syndication The divided government of 2019 is a mirror image of the


Youngstown Municipal Court greases its wheels for more efficient service

Editorial: The wheels of justice have long been notorious for moving remarkably slowly throughout the American


Extreme wealth a threat to planet

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry. That’s the


Munroe leaving chairmanship of Mahoning Cty. GOP on high note

Opinion: For many years being the Mahoning County Republican County chairman was a thankless job. The


Valley deserves a voice on the RecoveryOhio council

Editorial: Mike DeWine, Ohio’s new Republican governor, wasted no time last week in expeditiously carrying out


Trump vs. the crazies

Opinion: By Michael Reagan Cagle Cartoons If for some strange reason you didn’t already know how much the


Why do they come to Congress, these people like Sen. Graham?

Opinion: WASHINGTON Back in the day, small rural airports had textile windsocks, simple and empty things


Shutdown taking a toll on workers, the public

Editorial: The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on two measures today aimed at ending the 34-day partial


President Trump is lost in space

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords If you think our government’s war policy has become out-of-this