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Fewer precincts. lower costs

Editorial: Fewer precincts. lower costs Ohio Secretary of State Jon Hus- ted deserves credit for using more


YSU faces uncertain future

Opinion: If there was any doubt about the importance of selecting just the right person to succeed Dr.


Super reporting with super tools

Opinion: Les Nessman was a legend in journalism as news director at WKRP. But despite winning the Buckeye


Local governments won’t see much of Ohio’s budget surplus

Editorial: Gov. John Kasich’s second two- year budget is much like the first in that it expects local


A job for a mayor and a president

Opinion: A job for a mayor and a president The two highest positions in the city, that of the mayor and the


Crime map is just a click away

Opinion: Recently the Youngs-town Police Department announced a partnership with Behavioral Analysis &


Pervasive media influence the young and thereby remold our culture

Opinion: Much of what people learn now reaches them through the communications media. But two developments


Increase tobacco taxes

Opinion: The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.: The resurrection of the idea of a cigarette tax increase owes more


Pakistani girl shot by Taliban won’t be intimidated, silenced

Editorial: Her body bears the scars of the brutal attack last October by the cowardly Taliban, yet her spirit


Some advice for Kasich on his SOS

Opinion: Dear Gov. Kasich, I’ll be heading to Lima later this month to cover your State of the State


Ground helicopter parents

Opinion: By Anne Michaud Newsday Remember the expert advice that parental involvement is the key to kids’


Reports of tea party’s demise are exaggerated

Opinion: Once again, punditocracy reports of the tea party’s demise are premature. If you want evidence,


Billions in federal Medicaid funds will go to Ohio families and health-care providers

Editorial: There will be considerable de- bate over various elements of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s budget, but one


Hughes joins mayoral field

Opinion: A few minutes before the deadline to file for the May 7 primary, retired Youngstown Police Chief


A nod to Douglass

Opinion: By Lewis W. DIUGUID Kansas City Star Thanks to noted African-American scholar Carter G. Woodson,