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End massive tax breaks for data centers in Ohio

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The explosive growth of data centers in Ohio in recent years has been matched only by an equally explosive growth in heated opposition to the high-tech facilities for housing, storing, processing and distributing massive amounts of critical data and digital applications. A plethora of communities in the Mahoning Valley and throughout the state understandably have enacted moratoriums on their construction. A statewide referendum campaign has gained steam toward banning construction of most new, large-scale hyperscale data centers altogether. Environmental and consumer advocates decry ...

Churches aid young adults

Editorials

We are nearing the end of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, and one of the main focuses this year has been urging people to seek help when needed, as more efforts are being made to reduce the stigma around struggling with emotional wellness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “(M)ore than 1 in 5 U.S. adults live with a mental illness (59.3 million in 2022; 23.1% of the U.S. adult population).” The NIMH classifies mental health conditions into two categories: Any Mental Illness and Serious Mental Illness. AMI includes “mental, behavioral, or emotional ...

Do we still have a Constitution?

Editorials

Last week, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to give away tax dollars without congressional or judicial authorization to his friends and allies whom he believes were mistreated by the Biden administration. Can he legally do that? Here is the backstory. During the last year of his first term in office, Trump’s tax returns were stolen along with those of 425,000 others by an IRS employee who leaked Trump’s to media outlets. The acts of stealing and leaking were, of course, criminal, and the now-former IRS employee who pleaded guilty to theft of government documents ...

On empathy and why we seem to have lost the capacity for it

Ed Puskas

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” — Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) There is some conjecture on the internet — imagine that — as to whether Arendt actually said or wrote the sentence above, but it is ...

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To the patriotic residents along Butler Road, Foster Drive, Halsey Drive, Crescent Drive, Woodland Street, Fairway Drive, Overlook Drive and Golf Drive Northeast in Warren for lining their streets with some 100 large new American flags on all light poles. The tight-knit and highly regimented neighborhood posse also sprung into action by adding fresh paint to fire hydrants and restoring stone street markers. The all-volunteer effort proudly celebrates the 250th birthday of the United States. This patriotic community face-lift also serves as a proud reminder of the unity, freedom ...

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This is an urgent message to all Republican Central Committee members, please vote Denny Malloy for party chairman. Is this request based upon his work ethic, business acumen, professionalism or even leadership abilities? Of course not, he is lacking and subpar in all of these categories. Democrats in Trumbull County need Malloy. Democrats want Denny as the Republican Party chairman in order to turn this county back to true blue. Please support this cause. Go Malloy! Or better yet, just go! — Warren Writer David Skolnick noted that local Democrats echoed Sherrod Brown’s questions ...