There’s been a sighting this spring of that rarest of birds in Washington: a national energy bill. The bill by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has fluttered around a bit, wi...
The city of Butler could make great strides in many ways if the success of the police dog effort could be realized in other endeavors.
Many city residents never imagined...
The encouraging news about public education across the country is that an amazing amount of energy is being built up around reforms that researchers believe could improv...
For a long time, the city of Butler has needed new ideas for trying to attract businesses.
The city’s 7-mill business privilege tax on gross receipts, the highest in the...
Apparently, Alabama lawmakers felt they hadn’t gone far enough last year when they enacted the most draconian immigration law in the nation, which, among other things, r...
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Cass - Unless you are a "progressive", in other words, a proponent that government is the answer to the human condition and should control all aspe...
WASHINGTON -- The Great Jobs Argument — which will be with us until the election — has an interesting and largely ignored subplot. It’s about confidence: Which candidate...
The Butler School Board is correct in wanting to address district capital projects needs and recognizing the advantages of refinancing a bond issue to achieve its object...
Our great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are...
Last year’s tussle over increasing the federal debt limit showed Congress at its worst, paralyzed by dueling ideologies and incapable of striking a grand bargain. The ev...
