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Opinion

Urging for a fair fight in Ohio

Ohio lawmakers have an opportunity to do the right thing, now that Secretary of State Frank LaRose has sought an opinion that resulted in a letter to Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters. In the letter, LaRose’s office told Walters about an “apparent conflict in Ohio law,” according to ...

Niles must go big and bold with new space

Niles Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz was spot on recently when he spoke about his vision for the space where the historic Niles theater and Reisman’s Furniture buildings once stood. “I want people to enter the downtown area over the viaduct and the first thing (they) see is something that is ...

DCC gets the cannabis train rolling with rules

Despite work by Ohio lawmakers to oppose the will of voters by fiddling with the law governing legalized recreational marijuana, it seems one government agency understands its job and has gotten to work. According to a report by WBNS, a television station in Columbus, the state’s Division ...

Fix Ohio’s broken system of capital punishment now

Please find the 2023 Capital Crimes Report from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost here. Readers of true crime stories should waste no time in accessing Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s “2023 Capital Crimes Report,” a compendium of chilling, shocking and disturbing cases of the worst of ...

Disappointment in major political party

DEAR EDITOR: Hmmm. Election deniers. Naming Bill Johnson at YSU. First Energy corruption is the largest in the state. Coingate. An unvetted judge who gave pay raises and puts her photo up in Struthers courtroom because she wants to be recognized after just three months. Elimination of ...

Changes need made over the next 6 years

DEAR EDITOR: On Tuesday, (March 26) the Opinion page of the Tribune Chronicle had a cartoon reading “ANYONE BUT TRUMP 2024” in one circle and “ANYONE BUT BIDEN 2024” in the second circle. The third circle stated “NONE of the ABOVE.” I would say that 80% of America would agree. ...