Opinion and Editorial

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County auditor rewarded with a legal kiss on cheek

Editorial: Mahoning County’s Auditor, Michael Sciortino, a lawyer, appeared to be so impaired while driving on


Action on farm bill overdue

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: We get the picture that Washington is one beat-up town after its brutal budget


Group health insurance called great political fraud of centuries

Opinion: Group health insurance called great political fraud of centuries Part-time worker Bob buys


Valley issues: yes for schools, no on anti-fracking initiative

Editorial: Tax issues will drive many Mahoning Valley residents more powerfully to the polls next week than any


Adopted children have right to original birth certificates

Opinion: Adopted children have right to original birth certificates Currently a bill in the Ohio Senate


Fight goes on for Santorum

Opinion: WASHINGTON Perhaps Rick Santorum is demonstrating persistence beyond the call of plausibility, but


Ohio Dems can’t catch a break

Opinion: Republican Gov. John Kasich may have found the antidote to political poison he ingested in 2011 when


Advice to college coeds: Don’t binge

Opinion: WASHINGTON The message of Emily Yoffe’s Slate article about binge drinking and sexual assault on


Youngstown mayor’s race leaves a lot to be desired

Editorial: This year’s election for mayor of Youngstown is a newspaper cartoonist’s dream. Consider the


LETTERS || Bertram de Souza’s column titled “Austintown wins battle of water

Opinion: Bertram de Souza’s column titled “Austintown wins battle of water” has prompted me to write. The


Tests show well water will work at Hollywood racino in Austintown

Opinion: Tests show well water will work at Hollywood racino in Austintown On behalf of Penn National


It was a tough week to lead or watch local government

Opinion: When a mayor announces that “cellphones and computers are the lazy man’s way of communicating,” and


Battle lines drawn for 2014

Opinion: COLUMBUS You could consider this time the calm before the storm for elections officials. Yes,


Voters in Youngstown face some challenging and beguiling choices in some key citywide races come

Editorial: Voters in Youngstown face some challenging and beguiling choices in some key citywide races come


Poland Township benefits from experienced trustees

Editorial: Trustees Mark Naples and Robert Lidle have 28 years between them of serving Poland Township, which