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Opinion

Minority health gaps in Ohio must be closed

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., March 1966 Fifty-eight years ago last month, the father of America’s civil-rights movement duly lashed out at the widening health gap between white Americans and ...

Writer using algebra on a regular basis

DEAR EDITOR: In response to the Ruth Lilley letter on math education. I will say I do use algebra on a regular basis; as an engineer, for me it’s pretty well inescapable. But, I will also say, as it was taught in my high school and as it was being taught when I tutored a local high ...

Property tax reform in Ohio must be priority

Many Mahoning Valley homeowners are mad over rising property taxes and vow they aren’t going to take it anymore. They are not alone. Many residents throughout the Buckeye State have been slammed with mammoth spikes in their property tax bills this year because of the skyrocketing valuation ...

Total solar eclipse totally lived up to the hype

When Monday started, the anticipation was building toward the total solar eclipse that was happening later that day. We had a great coverage plan for the event that spanned across both Trumbull and Mahoning counties. Our Ed Runyan was in Lake Milton at Halliday’s Winery for its eclipse ...

Disobey bad laws to show civil disobedience

DEAR EDITOR: Should good people disobey bad laws as a way of civil disobedience? We’re now going through another tax season, with over 74,000 pages of tax code to figure out what we owe the Federal Government. Remember that ignorance of the law is no excuse for failure to follow the law. ...

Voting for experience, integrity every day

DEAR EDITOR: I have read recent editorials about how the Mahoning County prosecutor’s role is to put criminals in jail and I agree that is the primary responsibility of the prosecutor. Others apparently did not because the appointments made by the Mahoning County commissioners and later ...