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School funding forum slated Sept. 29 at LaBrae

LEAVITTSBURG — The Greater Western Reserve School Funding Forum, hosted by the LaBrae Local School District, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the high school auditorium. Local taxpayers, property owners and community leaders are invited to a community discussion on public school funding in Ohio. An expert panel will explore how state and local policies connect to impact taxpayers’ wallets and schools. Featured topics and speakers will include: ● Fair School Funding-Then & Now: An update on Ohio’s school funding model, with former State Rep. John Patterson and ...

Central Y downtown begins project to add living space to its upper floors

YOUNGSTOWN — A project funded by a state grant is underway downtown, and its completion will mean new opportunities for some of the county’s most vulnerable and underserved residents. In May, the YMCA of Youngstown received a $1 million brownfield remediation grant from the Ohio ...

Trump touts new national program to cut drug costs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices paid in certain other countries. The Trump ...

Hanni disputes taxes sought by county auditor

YOUNGSTOWN — When Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham removed agriculture property tax reductions from four parcels owned by Appeals Court Judge Mark A. Hanni because they didn’t meet the program’s criteria and Hanni never filed required forms, the judge went to court — and then ...

Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico from covering White House

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage and “fake news.” He also threatened that more such media bans could be coming — the latest salvo in the president’s response to media coverage he finds unfavorable. Like many of Trump’s other confrontations with news organizations — some of which are playing out in the legal arena — this threat has potential First Amendment implications. There was no immediate indication, though, that he is following through. Trump ...

Vance denounces Democrats as ‘lunatics’

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday mounted a vigorous defense of the Trump administration’s policies and Iowa GOP candidates on the November ballot, arguing that the Democrats had turned into the party of “lunatics,” in his second trip to the politically ...