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Ticket-scalping law has overstayed its welcome

Opinion: The Mining Journal, Marquette, Mich.: A downstate representative seems on the right course in


Austintown school board must deal with bullying — by adults

Editorial: If you live in Austintown, you’re no doubt familiar with the ongoing battle between schools


Is Christie the GOP’s ace in the hole?

Opinion: Last August before a closed meeting of Republican leaders in Boston, Gov. Chris Christie of New


More Valley schools need to accent dangers of drugs

Opinion: More Valley schools need to accent dangers of drugs Congratulations to Low- ellville High School


Honoring 21/2 centuries of valor by African-American veterans

Editorial: As the Mahoning Valley joins the nation today in honoring all American veterans of war at countless


Obama’s failures mount

Opinion: WASHINGTON Barack Obama’s presidency has become a feast of failures whose proliferation protects


Everyone should meet a WWII vet before it’s too late

Opinion: By Dr. PAUL KENGOR Special to The Vindicator I recently took my two teenage sons to a talk by


Thank the veterans for the gift of freedom this country enjoys

Opinion: Thank the veterans for the gift of freedom this country enjoys Citizens in this country, from the


Band angels help Boardman girl achieve dreams despite rare disease

Opinion: The Who's “Baba O’Riley” is a story of the journey of two people. Boardman band director Tom Ruggieri and student Kaitlin Windt are on a journey.


Ohio makes things

Opinion: By David Yost The Vindicator The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently dumped Alcoa and Hewlett


Dem chair demands a coronation

Opinion: It didn’t take long for Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman David Betras to nudge John A.


Crime, housing demolition must top new mayor’s list

Editorial: When John McNally IV is sworn in as mayor of Youngstown on Jan. 1, the promises he made on the


Use model from NC to develop North Side of Youngstown

Opinion: Use model from NC to develop North Side of Youngstown High Point University in High Point, N.C.,


Watch out for the headwinds

Opinion: COLUMBUS The keyword for the 2014 gubernatorial campaign may be “headwinds.” As in the stalling


Food stamps help fuel economy

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: The day after Halloween, the federal government rolled back food stamp benefits