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Editorials

Don’t overlook importance of primary election

Today in Ohio, voters will be casting ballots in a primary election that could have extraordinary consequences — both immediately and in November — from our schools and town halls all the way to Washington, D.C. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and will not close until 7:30 p.m. If you have not ...

Ruling on voting rights has racist undertones

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a “great step forward” toward removing obstacles that kept black Americans from voting. It was. But last week, in striking down a voter redistricting map in Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court has ...

Yost, other state AGs seek drug transparency

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined an important effort by 45 state attorneys general to push the federal government to seek more transparency in prescription-drug transactions through pharmacy benefit managers, and to ensure federal efforts do not preempt state transparency ...

Kimmel’s unfunny jokes pave the way for violence

Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts government action. It does not guarantee you a career, a platform or ...

Orchids & onions

ORCHID: To the dozen schools in Mahoning and Trumbull counties that recently earned the coveted Purple Star awards from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Those schools are Canfield High School and Canfield Village Middle School, both of which had their star renewed, plus new ...

Ohio tax abolition campaign stumbles; opposition grows

From a variety of perspectives, the Ax OH Tax movement to abolish all local property taxes in Ohio is going over like the proverbial lead balloon. Consider: ● Its nearly yearlong drive to collect its goal of 620,000 ballot-access petition signatures as of last week has fallen woefully ...