The Butler School District is right in deciding to hire a consultant to develop a facilities master plan. Formal approval of the action occurred at Monday’s school board...
On Tuesday, attorneys for the largest agrochemical corporation in the world, Monsanto, presented arguments before the Supreme Court asserting the company’s rights to the...
Knowing that the public is frustrated with much of what Washington politicians do or don’t do, members of the House of Representatives in January passed a bill they call...
We got a good long look at the second-term edition of Barack Obama last week, and he’s sounding more like Bill Clinton every day.
It’s not all that surprising. Over the ...
Rather than setting a cap on cost-of-living pay adjustments for elected county officials, the Butler County commissioners should put in place a no-annual-COLA policy.
Th...
Back in December, the nation’s attention was focused on the serious economic damage that could come if the nation went over the “fiscal cliff.” That congressionally manu...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case that should concern every small farmer and rural community in America.
The case, Bowman v. Monsanto Co., boils d...
It’s uncomfortable to contemplate but all too real. Teen dating violence often is hidden and few teens know how to extricate themselves or friends, or even where to seek...
The Butler School Board and the district administration continue to talk doom and gloom regarding the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
That’s despite a projecte...
On a night when President Barack Obama appealed for a bipartisan approach to national problems from tax reform to protecting the vote, almost every visible sign showed w...
