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GM’s Lordstown complex would win in a fair battle

Editorial: General Motors’ plant in Lordstown is in a fight for its survival, given the company’s plans to end


Will Trump visit the Valley?

Opinion: The quick answer: Not anytime soon. First some background. The headline was triggered by the


Mahoning Valley must try, try again

Opinion: In the $10 million Youngstown improvement plan announced last week, probably the coolest thing to


GOP ignores will of voters

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Wisconsin Republicans have made the news again. After losing the


Slip in US auto manufacturing could be awful news for Trump

Opinion: By Donald Lambro Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign


Move final leg of TJX train onto the fast track in Valley

Editorial: Few would refute the proposition that 2018 has been most unkind to the Mahoning Valley economy.


Class of 2019 deserves help to avoid mass failure

Editorial: AAs the 2018-19 academic year approaches its half-way mark, many high school seniors in Ohio find


U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan isn’t giving up his fight to keep Nancy Pelosi from taking over as speaker

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan isn’t giving up his fight to keep Nancy Pelosi from taking over as speaker of


Class of 2019 deserves help in preventing mass failures

Editorial: As the 2018-19 academic year approaches its half-way mark, many high school seniors in Ohio find


Lessons from Belgium

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords Belgian waffles. Belgian beers. Americans love ’em. But what


It’s a stressful time of the year

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons Does your workplace have a tradition of employees giving a


George Bush was summoned by events in his life and in politics

Opinion: WASHINGTON At the beginning of his long and well-lived life, George Herbert Walker Bush, who in


NAFTA 2.0 signed, but not sealed and delivered

Editorial: In October, while comment- ing on the new trade agreement reached by the United States, Mexico and


Health care is a right

Opinion: By Nicole Braun OtherWords Depending upon your state of residency, you might have a harder time


Displacement of tech workers continues unabated in the US

Opinion: By Joe Guzzardi Cagle Cartoons Optional Practical Training (OPT), a temporary employment program