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Lessons learned back in Canfield

Opinion: Lessons learned back in Canfield The quality of education I received at Canfield Local Schools has


Playing chicken with budget

Opinion: By Barry Goldman Los Angeles Times Many commentators have pointed out that the recent standoff


Disciplinary problems hurt Youngstown schools revival

Editorial: Some parents in the Youngstown City School District are upset that Superintendent Connie Hathorn did


An attack on poor women

Opinion: An attack on poor women San Jose Mercury News: The Republican Party’s vendetta against Planned


City departments need oversight

Opinion: City departments need oversight I disagree with your assess- ment in a recent editorial regarding


US needs nuclear power

Opinion: By Andrew P. MORRISS McClatchy-Tribune TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Despite the disaster at Japan’s


Voice of a different populist

Opinion: KANSAS CITY, Mo. The morning Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve’s regional bank here,


Don’t be taken in by Perry

Opinion: Texas Gov. Rick Perry might run for president. What a terrifying thought. He says no, no, no,


Clean energy means jobs

Opinion: By Phyllis Cuttino McClatchy-Tribune We’ve heard again and again that concerns about the


New nuclear technology is hostage to an old problem

Editorial: This year began as what could have been the year in which a new generation of nuclear power plants


Turnout is key to SB 5 vote

Opinion: Although a statewide poll shows that Ohioans would reject the new Republican-orchestrated law that


Things that make a great town

Opinion: Things that make a great town There are many things that come together to make a community a


Vindy introduces Government Watch

Opinion: When government officials such as Mahoning County Engineer Dick Marsico or Prosecutor Paul Gains get


Melfi’s steady hand on wheel is leading Girard out of debt

Editorial: If all goes according to plan, the city of Girard will shed its state-imposed fiscal emergency


State continues to blindly shift funding to charter schools

Editorial: State continues to blindly shift funding to charter schools In attempting to hold public school