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Raises, WRPA votes falter

YOUNGSTOWN — City council didn’t have enough support to pass ordinances by emergency measure to amend a contract with the Western Reserve Port Authority to seek buyers for a number of city-owned properties or to grant raises to 199 nonunion employees. Council voted 5-1 Wednesday on a ...

Trump announces $1,776 bonus for US troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said in a White House speech Wednesday night that he was sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy. Trump said ...

$5.5M sewer design work approved

YOUNGSTOWN — City council agreed to permit the board of control to finalize a $5.5 million contract with a Youngstown firm to provide construction administration for the first two phases of a sewer interceptor effort and to design the latter two parts. The contract with MS Consultants Inc. ...