More than three years after a disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Congress has continued to sit on its hands rather than upset its friends in the railroad industry by implementing desperately needed rail safety reform. Well, most of Congress, anyway. A few have repeatedly tried to push ...
With the changing political climate in the Mahoning Valley, it didn’t come as a major shock that Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott Rice, a longtime Democrat, switched political parties and filed as a Republican. But after pledging her allegiance to being a ...
Friday editorial cartoon
Jack Hughes delivered the gold medal to the U.S. ice hockey team in the winter Olympics, scoring the winning goal in overtime play. In a postgame interview, Hughes exclaimed: “This is all about our country now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The USA hockey ...
Work and production are coming back to Mahoning Valley, reviving its previous namesake as the “Steel Valley,” with the full investment of supporting the American worker with the passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, (https://home.treasury.gov/wftc/) Washington delivered the largest ...
Despite Ohio policymakers’ continued effort to meddle with education — at all levels — a recent study suggests there has been limited success on a national scale. “Most and Least Educated States in America (2026)” by WalletHub doesn’t even place the Buckeye State in the top half ...
