Under new Speaker John Boehner, U.S. House Republicans are bulling ahead with a doomed effort to repeal the health reform law that Congress passed last year when Democra...
As the first painful anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake approaches, recovery efforts are mired in a dysfunctional government, a cholera outbreak not of that nation’s maki...
As a freshman member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Kelly of Butler won’t be in a position to have an overwhelming impact on the direction and accomplishment...
The new speaker of the House, Rep. John A. Boehner of Ohio, isn’t the most brilliant statesman ever to hold the job (Newt Gingrich beats him on that count), the most gro...
First why do you monopolize the web letters? It discourages others from writing. Second,teachers don't receive cell phones. That statement is ridiculous. If you are goi...
Some Butler Eagle readers might justifiably be wondering where this new year is headed, considering the Jan. 4 headlines.
The headline over the lead front-page story tha...
WASHINGTON — For decades, Democrats and Republicans fought over who owns the American flag. Now they’re fighting over who owns the Constitution.
The flag debates began d...
Facing a projected $4 billion budget deficit, Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has both challenges and opportunities. He arrives in Harrisburg riding a nationwide wave of taxpayer...
hey lets start by making the president pay for his own vacations. i have to pay if i want to go on vacation. shell has spent a ton of the taxpayers money this year globe...
While Pennsylvania taxpayers won’t be footing the bill for events surrounding the inauguration of Tom Corbett as the next governor, they have grounds for questioning the...
