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The collapse of traditional manufacturing has hit Trumbull County as hard as any place in Ohio. Drastic cuts at the GM plant in Lordstown have many trying…
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As you drive into southwestern Trumbull County, a few yard signs still mark the battle lines over TJX -- a battle that centers on the question of whether…
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Mahoning Valley manufacturers say a lack of workers interested and trained in skilled trades is causing workforce challenges.Although recently exacerbated…
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As a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio now working with news media all over the state, the frequent trips through and around Columbus are both maddening…
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Ohio has lost about 367,000 goods-producing jobs since 2000, which were mostly held by citizens with a high school education. Automation can seem like a…
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The college-educated, and the not-college-educated: Two life tracks on a collision course?When I was an editor at the Akron Beacon Journal not long ago,…
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As the rest of the nation celebrated in recent days that middle class income finally had recovered from the Great Recession, there was no cause to cheer…
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“Throw out the rules of capitalism. They don’t work anymore.”That was the first idea tossed into a room full of journalists gathered at Denison University…
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About 50 people gathered last week in a cozy community hall in Struthers, a once thriving steel town along the Mahoning River outside of Youngstown.A…
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The community has been dealing with the effects of the opioid crisis for years, and people want answers and solutions that materialize into…