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Reading political tea leaves

Opinion: This is a busy time to be covering politics with local and statewide candidates coming to The


Is Kasich eyeing 2016 presidential contest?

Opinion: While Gov. John Kasich’s name is thrown around as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, he


Dem candidate is unfazed

Opinion: Despite the growing list of setbacks facing the Democratic nominee for governor, and her own


Council displays creativity

Opinion: While the process was sometimes heated and messy — and the final product is gerrymandered —


Evans has Betras reeling

Opinion: When Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court retires Oct. 1, his time on the


Rep. Ryan rolling in campaign dough

Opinion: There is little — if any — doubt that U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan will be re-elected in November to his


Mahoning commissioners are rolling the dice

Opinion: After Mahoning County voters rejected a permanent 0.5-percent sales tax in May, commissioners


Belinky’s obsession was his undoing

Opinion: I first met Mark Belinky in early 2001, a few months after I became The Vindicator’s politics


Where have all GOP judicial candidates gone?

Opinion: For the third time in three years, the Mahoning County Republican Party will recommend candidates to


Probate judge race heats up

Opinion: Mary Ann Fabrizi wasn’t going to be elected Mahoning County Probate Court judge. But her departure


Order in the court? Hardly

Opinion: Judges James C. Evans and Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court both said there were


State edicts irk local Dems

Opinion: It will be interesting to see how many Mahoning County Democratic Party precinct committee members


Sparks will fly at meeting of Dems

Opinion: While it’s highly unlikely that Mahoning County Democratic precinct committee members won’t re-elect


Why’s the trial in Cleveland?

Opinion: A political corruption indictment brought Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally, Mahoning County Auditor


Redistricting battle rages

Opinion: It appeared as though a Youngstown City Council vote to hire a company to redistrict the city’s