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Hooey and hype over a mandate

Opinion: WASHINGTON You’ll be hearing a lot in coming months about the Obamacare requirement that health


Charging for jail stays harms inmates, doesn’t help county

Opinion: Charging for jail stays harms inmates, doesn’t help county Regarding your Jan. 5 story, “Mahoning


Money is the root of anger

Opinion: The temperature Monday is forecast to be in the 40s, the meeting room is comfortable, and battle


Dock the pay of director Daniel over closing of Mahoning libraries

Opinion: Dock the pay of director Daniel over closing of Mahoning libraries This is a request to the


Cold’s chilling hit on schools

Opinion: I love a good set of numbers — almost as much as a good beer or 9-iron shot. As a kid, I kept my


Ohio’s hate-crime law falls short — as incidents reveal

Opinion: The shortcomings of Ohio’s hate-crime law have emerged in the recent attacks on gays and


Suburban governments view 2014 with sense of optimism

Editorial: Perhaps it was just an oversight, or it may well be that for Austintown and Boardman townships, the


Case for medical marijuana

Opinion: Schenectady (N.Y.) Daily Gazette: Say what you will about legalizing the sale of marijuana for


Dann touts new beginning

Opinion: COLUMBUS There was a time when Marc Dann was the hottest show in town. Statehouse reporters


Fifty-year anti-tobacco battle example of good public policy

Editorial: As anti-government sentiment grows in this country — thanks, in large part, to the tea party — the


Stop distracted driving

Opinion: Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette: Iowa safety officials want drivers to focus on the road, so they’re


Cold War raged last time tipped workers got a raise

Opinion: Cold War raged last time tipped workers got a raise Your Jan. 3 issue reported on the 10-cent per


Who will FitzGerald pick?

Opinion: When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald selected state Sen. Eric Kearney as his


New and lower severance tax for drilling bodes well for state

Editorial: For more than three years now, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, state legislators, mineral drillers,


Liberals still depend on gestures

Opinion: WASHINGTON The era of Gesture Liberalism is at hand. It may be more amusing than consequential.