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A big thank-you for restoration of electricity

I would like to say thank you to all those utility workers and tree-cutting companies involved in the process of getting electricity back on at our homes on Saxonburg Roa...

April 08, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Only probation for ‘heinous crime’?

The Wednesday, March 15, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle on page 8 has an article about what I consider to be a heinous crime. A 16-year-old girl was kidnapped, drugged...

April 08, 2023 Letters to the Editor

The nursing workforce needs more men

In less than two years, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 450,000 nurses. The health-care system won’t be able to fill this gap with half the potential workforce on...

April 08, 2023 Other Voices

SAFER grant well-deserved

On Friday, we learned that the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company has been awarded an $836,046 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant. ...

April 08, 2023 Our Opinion

Thank you for generosity at meal gala and art show

On behalf of the Community Meal churches in Butler — First English Lutheran Church, All Saints Parish, Saint Andrew’s United Presbyterian Church, Saint Mark’s Evangelical...

April 08, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Can you afford an EV? Good luck, with so few models eligible for new tax credit

If you’re in the market for a new car, wouldn’t you be more likely to buy a climate-friendly electric model if you could save thousands of dollars off the sticker price? ...

April 07, 2023 Other Voices

It’s a miracle most Americans pay their taxes. Crypto could upend that norm

One of the many questions raised by cryptocurrency is how to tax this new world of digital assets. It poses real tax evasion concerns. Crypto was explicitly developed to ...

April 07, 2023 Other Voices

Until TikTok’s fate is decided, we should take responsibility for protecting our data online

Few, if any of us, live in a place like Mayberry, the fictitious town in North Carolina that provides the bucolic setting for the 1960s television program “The Andy Grif...

April 07, 2023 Other Voices

Editorial Cartoon

April 07, 2023 Editorial

In the wake of storms, remember to thank workers

Butler Eagle reporters have been keeping an eye trained on the flashes of severe weather that have blown through the county with some devastating effects. On Monday, we l...

April 07, 2023 Our Opinion

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