Stein is in his first term as state lawmaker, having defeated then-Democrat Tom Dunlap in November 2016 to gain the seat. "I believe that a representative should be willing to work with everybody regardless of party," said Johnson, president of Willard city council.
Youngstown State University is considering increasing tuition and fees for next year's freshman class, despite a two-year tuition freeze approved by lawmakers in the state's current budget. The university is relying on a 2013 law to implement a 6 percent increase for students who enroll next fall; the university would then freeze that rate, guaranteeing the class would pay the same price through their four years of school.
Mike Juhasz is nothing short of the classic American Renaissance man; the 32-year-old grandson of a tool and die worker who lost two of his fingers to a press, he began adulthood working in manufacturing. Ten years later he still is, only now with advanced technology that promises to reinvent manufacturing and bring skills and jobs to a Rust Belt city he calls home.
A former federal judge and lifelong civil rights advocate is coming back to his Ohio hometown to receive an inaugural award. The Vindicator of Youngstown reports that 90-year-old Nathaniel Jones is being honored at the DeYor Performing Arts Center on the evening of Oct. 5 with the Simeon Booker Award for Courage.
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer Trump led Clinton 48 to 43. There were a very small number of undecided voters in the poll.