The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with 340 million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per year. We are the fourth largest country by land, third by population and first by GDP. We no longer know each other, care for each other or like ...

Last Tuesday brought encouraging results for Democrats eyeing a sweep in next year’s midterms. But the most notable portent wasn’t the governor’s races won by Abigail Spanberger in Virginia or Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey. Nor was it Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has legislation on his desk that should not be difficult to reject. State Senate Bill 50 would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year. According to a report by the Cincinnati Enquirer, the law would require permission from a parent or legal ...

Youngstown’s Sid Davis reminds us of the importance of public media Thank you, The Vindicator, for publishing a thorough obituary on Oct. 31 of Youngstown-born journalist Sidney Alan “Sid” Davis (1927-2025). I would like to add a point: Sid Davis’ death reminds us of the importance ...

I think the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs. That said, it’s just remarkable that the vote will not be 9-0. Trump is claiming sweeping powers to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, which was a revised ...

ORCHID: To Mahoning County Law Library Executive Director Susan McGrew and her staff for overseeing the successful completion of needed improvements to the facility to better serve the public. The $400,000 privately funded makeover to the library on the fourth floor of the Mahoning County ...