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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 ...

Liberty adopts new rules for convenience stores

LIBERTY — Liberty’s zoning commission is making headway with changes to its code, and entrepreneurs or residents looking to establish a convenience store or gas station in the community will be able to do so again. Trustees at this week’s meeting approved a resolution making gas stations and convenience stores a conditional use in the township’s zoning code, as part of its commercial zoning section, and set the criteria for their specific uses. The criteria states the business must have frontage on an arterial street or collector street and the minimum lot size must be 1.5 ...

Nation and world at a glance for Sept. 19

Trump pushes $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge but GOP candidates don’t join in Republicans running for Congress should campaign on President Donald Trump’s promise to pay adult Americans $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterm elections. So says the party. It’s just that candidates seem to be taking a different approach. It’s been about a week since the president first promised the “Trump dividend” at the Republicans’ unusual midterm convention in Dallas, and there is little evidence that GOP candidates running in contested districts have incorporated the pitch into their ...

Property transfers for Sept. 19

Property transfers recorded Sept. 8-11 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Linda A. Weaver, trustee of the Linda A. Weaver Family Trust to Kelly Rutter and Brian David Rutter, 1257 Mulberry Run, $349,900 Edwin L. and Mercy P. Cracraft to CJ’s Staging and ...