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Editorials

Complaints about election observers were unfounded

All over the world, vulnerable populations have cheered the news that U.S. and United Nations elections monitors would be on hand to safeguard their voting processes. Here in the United States, the Department of Justice’s election monitors have for decades observed elections and polling ...

Voters don’t like gerrymandering but didn’t feel Issue 1 was a fix

Whether it was confusion over ballot language or truly a desire to maintain the system already in place, Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected an amendment that would have established a citizen-led commission to produce the state’s political maps. Though voters decided the Citizens Not ...

Law enforcers should exercise solid judgment

Leading up to Tuesday’s general election, some law enforcement officers in Ohio proved themselves to be taking a problematic approach to politics — and therefore their ability to properly serve and protect. Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski made an extraordinarily poor decision when ...

Keep your hands off other people’s property

We hope that everyone who is eligible to vote today does so. Those who have already voted early at board of elections offices in Mahoning County or Trumbull County, or by mail, also should be commended. It doesn’t matter if you voted a straight Democratic or Republican ticket. It doesn’t ...

Gina DeGenova for prosecutor in Mahoning County

The next Mahoning County prosecutor will be an intelligent, experienced litigator. But whom? Republican challenger Lynn Maro or incumbent Democrat Gina DeGenova. The two of them come from different legal backgrounds. Maro has been a criminal defense attorney for 23 of her 33 years in ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To Evan Sweder, a 2024 graduate of Boardman High School, for recently earning his Eagle Scout award for his project constructing eight bluebird houses along a trail in Springfield Forest in Mill Creek MetroParks. The carefully constructed and attractively designed bird houses required ...