State lawmakers are expected to vote this year on legislation granting tax exempt status and reserving the power to determine tax exempt status to the General Assembly. ...
We all know how the release of “The Interview” turned into a real-life Cold War thriller: North Korea hates the movie, lashes out at Sony Pictures by hacking its compute...
The first Butler Eagle editorial of 2014 predicted a season of change for government in Butler County in the coming year.
Yet for county government it seemed the more th...
The fainting couch doesn’t have the same cachet it did in the 19th century, which is a shame, because it should be more in demand than at any time since the age of corse...
If Butler School District were to receive a sudden infusion of state money, would the school board drop its plan to close some of the district’s underutilized buildings ...
Whenever voters are especially frustrated with the state Legislature, there are suggestions to switch lawmakers to part-time status and trim or eliminate the generous fr...
This time of year, Jimmy Stewart dominates TV. As the cash-poor, careworn George Bailey, his spiral into the desperate realm of be-careful-what-you-wish-for reminds the ...
WASHINGTON — In 1968, a singularly traumatic year — assassinations, urban riots, 16,899 Americans killed in Vietnam — Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the ebullient Minne...
It’s little surprise the holiday season comes at the end of the year. That’s when we need it most. After 12 tough months, we have to reboot. And these last 12 months hav...
Here’s a holiday tradition you probably don’t know about. For decades, American men celebrated this season by teaming up to shoot birds, competing with other local hunte...
