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Guest column/Setting the record straight: Ohio is growing

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Recent headlines have suggested that Ohio’s population is destined for long-term decline, citing projections from a state development report that rely heavily on birth and death rates. While those demographic trends matter, they tell only part of the story and overlook one of the most important drivers of population growth: Economic opportunity. The reality is that Ohio is growing, and it’s growing because people follow jobs. The analysis in question focuses on natural population change (births minus deaths) but does not fully account for domestic migration, particularly the ...

Trump chaos escalating

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: It appears, sadly, that President Donald J. Trump’s second term in the White House is primarily motivated by the grossly excessive ego gratification on his part, focusing, unquestionably, primarily on retribution against those whom he perceives as his political adversaries, while showing his disregard of the U.S. Constitution, rule of law and freedom of speech, the likes of which have never been seen in the history of our great country. In addition, Trump continues to use his office in order to shamelessly further enhance his great wealth, reportedly receiving in ...

Make sure you’re prepared to vote

Editorials

If you’re beginning to feel as though the stakes in this year’s elections are unusually high, you are not alone. Even a cursory glance at newspaper opinion pages or social media feeds will tell you there are strong feelings on many important issues — and plenty of people believe they must weigh in on the candidates who might address those issues. Here’s the problem. When it really counts — Election Day — those opinion pieces or social media posts will not move the needle. Your vote will — and primary elections are closer than you might think. The office of Ohio ...

We need to teach our children how to live

Local Columns

There is a quiet wisdom in the way a child watches the world. Their eyes are wide and not yet clouded by the cynicism of adulthood. Their hearts are constantly open, always believing in a way that most of us have forgotten how to do. Questions come tumbling out of their mouths like marbles spilled across a hardwood floor. But for some reason, we tend to take that precious innocence for granted. Instead, we spend so much of our time hurrying them toward the next milestone in life. We are continually preparing them for standardized tests, college applications, their future ...

Guest column/Re-thinking private property rights, projects

Local Columns

As of Feb. 12, the Trump administration revoked the 2009 Endangerment Finding that classified carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and welfare. Trump and his EPA director Lee Zeldin declared climate change a “hoax.” If carbon dioxide is no longer a threat, why are we are spending billions of tax-payer dollars to capture emissions? As Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are moving forward to pass carbon capture and sequestration bills, HB 170 and SB 136, Republican lawmakers in other states are having second thoughts about CCS bills that ...

Part of the community

Local Columns

Shannon Tirone wears a lot of hats in her job at Youngstown State University. Her official title is associate vice president for university relations, which includes work with the school’s marketing and communications departments, alumni relations and even its public radio station. For the past several weeks, though, her assignment that has had the most importance to residents of our area is serving as project manager of the transformation of the former Eastern Gateway Community College building along Sunset Boulevard in Steubenville’s West End into Youngstown State University ...