The Butler County commissioners should not rush hastily into construction of a building to resolve the county government’s growing office space shortage — and, commendab...
Members of Congress railing against the Obama administration’s decision to grant waivers from the sweeping No Child Left Behind education law have little ground to stand...
WASHINGTON — Economist Robert Litan of the Kauffman Foundation likes to recall that half of today’s Fortune 500 companies began as start-ups in a recession or a bear sto...
Though unwelcome news, it comes as no surprise that Bank of America plans to charge customers a fee of $5 a month to use the bank’s debit cards. A recent debit-card refo...
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s jobs bill is better than doing nothing in the face of a national crisis, but it won’t have much impact on unemployment. Many of the m...
To anyone with family and friends buried at Butler cemeteries — or those who expect to be buried in one of them eventually — the news that someone had dug up a grave ove...
This Saturday, the size of a “jumbo” mortgage — the maximum amount that government-affiliated entities will back with tax money — will shrink from $729,750 to $625,500.
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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a mild-mannered man who believes in building ties of trust with our military allies.
He’s invested many hours...
So they repaved Hickory Street. Now instead of driving on a dirt road, it is more like a wash board. Who inspects these roads after they are completed? Was this a dis...
Rebecca Smith, known as “Becky” to those with whom she worked on downtown Butler's behalf, wasn't here very long.
It was only in July 2008 that she came on board from he...
