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Addicted to gambling? Ohio has plenty of help for you

Opinion: Addicted to gambling? Ohio has plenty of help for you March has been designated National Probem


Oddballs plague Mahoning County politics

Opinion: It’s been an unusual week for local politics — even by Mahoning County standards. Two Democratic


New county jail rules balance interests of inmates, taxpayers

Editorial: Mahoning Valley taxpayers will shell out more than $30 million this year to support operations of


Christian values are under assault

Opinion: In Arizona has come a test of the motto conservative Christians like to invoke: “Hate the sin, love


Lawsuit challenging voting bills would force GOP to prove fraud

Editorial: Republican Gov. John KASICH HAS signed into law three bills that change the procedures for voting in


A problem in need of a correction

Opinion: WASHINGTON Kerry Kennedy was just acquitted, and rightly so, of “drugged driving” — she mistook a


CVS rightly says no to tobacco

Opinion: Grand Haven (Mich.) Tribune: CVS Caremark Corp. recently decided to pull tobacco products from its


Taxpayers can’t afford new school

Opinion: Taxpayers can’t afford new school When I need a new roof, I don’t tear my house down; I put on a


There’s an assault on freedom

Opinion: There may be something to the claim that all people want to be free. But it is a demonstrable fact


Democrats go a-courting as the Senate hangs in balance

Opinion: Nearly a generation ago, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews coined a description of our two political parties


Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demands a firm US response

Editorial: Seven short days ago in this space, we exuberantly cheered Russia for its international


More and more Republicans in Valley move over to dark side

Opinion: More and more Republicans in Valley move over to dark side I am aware that most poli- tical people


Stronger anti-poaching laws

Opinion: The Mining Journal, Marquette, Mich.: Thinking about doing a little spotlighting, also known as


Head of disabilities agency has been gone long enough

Editorial: Silence may be golden for Larry Duck, who has pocketed $50,000 in taxpayer money for doing nothing


High infant-death rate in Ohio demands multi-pronged remedy

Editorial: An African-American baby born on the West Side of Cleveland in 2013 has less of a chance to survive