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Muddled response to a crisis

Opinion: Muddled response to a crisis Kansas City Star: Normally, when Congress attempts to legislate in


Gov. Kasich is spoiling for a fight

Opinion: COLUMBUS In 1997, when Republicans controlled the U.S. House of Representatives and John Kasich


Health care, one more time

Opinion: On the most important domestic issues of the day, our two political parties don’t merely lay out


Maybe county should have closed for the week

Opinion: If we had the passion of the Egyptians, how would we address our Mahoning County leaders? I think


Will Penn Gaming be stopped?

Opinion: Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, founder of Quicken Loans and the developer of two Las


County pay raises defy logic

Opinion: County pay raises defy logic We live in a city that now has more poverty and homeless than it has


One break too many already

Editorial: One break too many already Last May when Bryce D. Burke was sentenced to what most people would


High profile murders obscure dip in violent crime in Y’town

Editorial: Though the 20 homicides last year in Youngstown are still too many for a city with a population of


Ohio death penalty is under attack

Opinion: Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer wants Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio Legislature to end


Reagan defined US

Opinion: On the centenary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, I pause for another historic event: agreement with


Youngstown housing inspections encourage landlords to fix things

Opinion: Youngstown housing inspections encourage landlords to fix things It’s nice to know that the


Animated hotties

Opinion: Chicago Tribune: Just what are your kids learning when you use “Cinderella” or “The Little Mermaid”


Black history makers in Valley’s past, present

Opinion: Black History Month is under way, and school districts throughout the country will be swamped with


Kasich’s answer: vouchers

Opinion: COLUMBUS That Akron mom who ended up in jail for enrolling her kids in the wrong school district


Eyesore in downtown Y’town won’t be removed immediately

Editorial: When Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams says the city still has the option of filing a lawsuit against