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Caps off to the Valley’s Class of 2026

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About 3,500 high school seniors in the Mahoning Valley will walk proudly across stages over the next month to collect their reward for years of dutiful attendance, responsible conduct and academic growth. The processionals actually began two weeks ago when members of the first high school commencement program for the Class of 2026 in the region — Youngstown Rayen Early College High School — ushered in the season of pomp and circumstance at Stambaugh Auditorium. There, those top-notch high-achieving students who attend high school and college simultaneously received their diplomas, ...

Ohio needs renewal of tariff

Editorials

As the U.S. Senate race between Jon Husted and Sherrod Brown intensifies, economic concerns are taking center stage. Voters are understandably focused on jobs, growth and the future of American industry. This makes it all the more urgent to elect leaders who understand the vital role of U.S. manufacturing, particularly as unfairly traded imports threaten to dismantle critical industries like mine, putting thousands of Ohioan manufacturing jobs at risk. As president of manufacturing at Pennex in Leetonia, I regularly walk the floor and meet with our great American workers, who are the ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s campaign against Supreme Court

Editorials

The call is coming from inside the house. The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais has made progressives even more determined to delegitimize the Supreme Court, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is among them. In a dissent involving a post-decision procedural question, ...

Military survivor benefits should reflect ongoing needs of families

Editorials

Serving in the military is a noble commitment that touches more than just troops, as the daily realities of deployments, relocations and the uncertainty of the profession itself also transcend to their families. In truth, spouses, parents and children adjust their lives around these demands — learning to manage households, careers and schooling while their loved one is away. Even when veterans return home, their households may still face new challenges, particularly if they develop toxic-related health conditions that may require ongoing care. As these responsibilities accumulate, ...

Editorials

State lawmakers are not always in touch with what ordinary Ohio families are facing, but a bipartisan group of them is trying to make headway on an issue that touches many. According to a report by the Statehouse News Bureau, more than 75% of Buckeye State workers do not have access to paid leave to deal with medical emergencies, elderly or ill family members or even newborn babies. There are two efforts to change that. First is state Senate Bill 396, to “establish family and medical leave insurance benefits” by creating a program administered by the Ohio Department of Job and ...

Case closed on abortion pill

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The Supreme Court has just restored a woman’s ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now. A lower court had tried to tighten that easy access by requiring patients to consult with a licensed clinician in person before acquiring the drug, mifepristone. The Charlotte Lozier Institute is an anti-abortion organization that purports to provide scientific research for the pro-life movement. Among the risks of loosening restrictions on being given the abortion pill, it writes, is that it enables fathers who don’t want a child to ...