Tom Smith, Seven Fields borough manager, in asking the Butler County commissioners to implement a 311 phone system to complement the county’s 911 emergency network, is m...
Now that Gov. Tom Corbett has come forward with his plan for imposing an impact fee and tightening regulations on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, it’s time for lawmakers t...
The pundit class has largely ignored, dismissed or mocked the Occupy Wall Street protest. We too find it hard to get worked up over a series of small demonstrations in a...
President Obama revived one of his favorite revenue-raising proposals in his recent jobs plan: limiting the itemized tax deductions that “millionaires and billionaires” ...
The U.S. steel industry was hit hard in the 1980s, primarily by more profitable domestic mini-mills and improved steelmaking technologies overseas. Competitors with lowe...
It’s a few years overdue and could go further, but the bill placing passenger restrictions on teenage drivers passed by the state Legislature is nonetheless welcome. It ...
Yesterday morning, new emails were released that revealed a disturbingly cozy relationship between the State Department and the big oil lobbyists behind the proposed Key...
The federal government ended the fiscal year Friday with Congress every bit as divided and as close to paralysis as it was when bickering over deficits nearly shut down ...
I'm not a lawyer but many Social Security disability claims are denied the first time around because the application process is complex. An SS lawyer usually charges 30%...
WASHINGTON — Unless you are a National Public Radio loyalist, you might have missed a political drama unfolding far beneath the radar of human consciousness having to do...
