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Trump making Project 2025 a reality

During the election, Donald Trump explicitly stated that he “had nothing to do with” Project 2025. Yet since his election, he has been implementing it almost to the lette...

March 15, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Unfreeze money for green energy

The Inflation Reduction Act has been the most consequential legislation ever passed to speed the migration of the United States from fossil fuels, which I believe harm th...

March 15, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Good job Northwest Elementary students

On March 6, veterans were guests of the Northwest Elementary School for a flag ceremony and luncheon. The fifth-grade class, which was assigned the ceremony as a class pr...

March 15, 2025 Letters to the Editor

5 years later: Remembering the Eagle’s COVID-19 pandemic coverage

My COVID-19 coverage started with the smell of urinal cakes, standing behind a big-bodied truck driver who meticulously scrubbed his hands with soap in the Love’s Truck S...

March 15, 2025 Our Opinion

Cutting IRS staff counterproductive

Reducing the national debt??? Over 6,000 civil servants working for the Internal Revenue Service were fired. In 2024, the IRS collected $1.3 billion from wealthy tax dod...

March 15, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Cutting services for vets shameful

Butler County has memorials up many places honoring Americans who gave their lives in war to protect our democracy. Hundreds of thousands of Butler County folks have chos...

March 15, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Sunshine Week shines light on need for transparency

Now, more than ever, you need to know. You not only need to know about the chaos in Washington, but you need to know what’s happening in your own backyard in state, coun...

March 15, 2025 Other Voices

Food insecurity affects more than just older residents

About 1 in 10 Butler County residents, around 20,000 individuals, face food insecurity. According to 2024 estimates from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, 8% of...

March 14, 2025 Our Opinion

What does your beard say about you?

The Earth didn’t exactly shake when the New York Yankees announced that they would allow their players to wear beards. However, the change in the half-century-old policy ...

March 14, 2025 Other Voices

After votes against vo-tech, what’s next?

Seneca Valley and Knoch school boards chose to vote against Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School’s 2025-26 budget this year because their members feel the teach...

March 13, 2025 Our Opinion

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