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The restart of a Youngstown steel mill in the mid-1980s would lead to a globally recognized economic development project decades later.

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — City council is looking to approve a 2021 initial general fund budget that is nearly $600,000 more than the measure passed at the end of 2019, according to city records. The 2021 budget proposal set to be approved by city council has the city earning $28.9 million in general fund revenue compared to $28.2 million passed at this time last year — before the coronavirus pandemic took a toll on the U.S. and local economies. The city is projecting it will lose about...