The Pennsylvania Turnpike is at the intersection of several recent news stories, and none of them are good.
First, there was last month’s announcement that fares will be...
DETROIT — Gazing from the 14th floor toward the city center and the fragile sprouts of urban development along the river, Detroit’s Caesar says laconically: “One hundred...
Republicans in Congress may finally have awakened to the reality that their fact-free approach to governing isn’t working.
The cuts required to meet the budget proposed ...
Just two years ago, Slippery Rock Council adopted an ordinance that brought the borough into compliance with state law regulating stormwater runoff. The passage was time...
WASHINGTON — A combination of early presidential maneuvering and internal policy debate is feeding yet another iteration of that media perennial: the great Republican cr...
Russia’s decision Thursday to grant political asylum to Edward J. Snowden for a year frustrates — at least for the foreseeable future — the Obama administration’s attemp...
Sorting their mail one day last week, thousands of Butler County residents found a curious letter mixed in with the junk mail and bills. It was an official letter from t...
The need in Butler County is substantial. So is the spirit of giving.
Scan the daily bulletin board in the Butler Eagle’s Focus section, and you’ll see a different churc...
NEW YORK — The hottest political book of the summer, “This Town” by Mark Leibovich, is being read in Washington with equal parts embarrassment and delight. It is a vivid...
It’s the bedrock principle of community organizing: Power comes from organized people and organized money.
Nobody understands this better than President Barack Obama, th...
