Politicians on both sides of the partisan divide want to simplify the federal tax code by pruning the thicket of loopholes, exemptions and credits. In fact, President Ob...
WASHINGTON — I worry about the future — not mine but that of my three children, all in their 20s. It is an axiom of American folklore that every generation should live b...
Maybe not replacing a large window broken for months is the Butler Parking Authority’s idea of a summmer ventilation program for the south stairwell of the tier parking ...
The economic growth in southern Butler County and the many opportunities for additional growth will make convenient air travel an increasingly important component in the...
Imagine an industry that receives 86 percent of its revenues from the federal government — $32 billion in a single year — but more often than not fails to turn out a suc...
Pennsylvania’s new voter ID requirement, which was signed into law in March, has evoked a number of responses — pro and con — in the Butler Eagle’s letters to the editor...
WASHINGTON — Advances in medical technology are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they have brought huge health gains to millions of Americans. Hip and knee replace...
The problem of big money in political campaigns isn’t just that there’s too much but that too much of it, with great potential for skewing election results, is being hid...
A speech last week by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly targeting the cost of federal regulations on businesses produced a rare standing ovation on the floor of the House of Represen...
What if we knew how to reduce by half the number of Americans dependent on welfare? What if we could — at the same time — significantly reduce poverty among children and...
