Opinion and Editorial

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Elections staff gets smacked

Opinion: Joyce Kale-Pesta, director of the Mahoning County Board of Elections, is the ultimate political


Big John will set you straight

Opinion: Big John will set you straight Gov. John Kasich and leg- islative leaders held a year-end press


Don’t rule out prison for brine dumping

Opinion: There’s a meeting Monday night of folks responsible for a new perspective on the Mahoning River.


Pennsylvania Republicans try to suppress vote and rig the count

Opinion: If Pennsylvania Republicans continue to have their way, Pennsylvania is headed toward a new type of


It’s time to reduce precincts

Editorial: It’s time to reduce precincts We don’t often encourage the rivalry that exists between Mahoning


Latest Valley project receives presidential seal of approval

Editorial: When the president of the Unit- ed States speaks, people far and wide listen. Thus, it isn’t far-


Don’t focus on mentally ill

Opinion: By Georgann Witte Hartford Courant The horrific mass murder of children and school personnel in


Is public records law in jeopardy?

Opinion: COLUMBUS The Ohio Democratic Party announced another lawsuit last week, this time against the Ohio


North Korea continues to defy U.N. on development of nukes

Editorial: North Korea’s drive to develop nuclear weapons has reached the stage where U.N. sanctions alone


Irish bishop could be pope

Opinion: By Michael D’Antonio Los Angeles Times London bookmakers see a contest among Nigeria’s Cardinal


Bears have seller’s market

Opinion: Chicago Sun-Times: We read in Sports that ticket prices for a Chicago Bears game are creeping up


Predictable partisan divide

Opinion: On a night when President Barack Obama appealed for a bipartisan approach to national problems from


Obama recycling old, failed ideas

Opinion: President Obama’s approach to so-called “climate change” appears to include recycling old ideas.


Ohio wise to hedge its bets

Opinion: Ohio wise to hedge its bets Marietta Times: Ohio officials will hedge their bets on state revenue


Polluters damage environment and endanger energy industry

Editorial: No one should be surprised that the dumping of oil-field waste into the Mahoning River by Ben W.