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Sad to see Trump siding with Putin

I'm not surprised that President Donald Trump has sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war the Russian dictator started with Ukraine. He has always spoken...

March 08, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Accountability matters in the opioid crisis

The opioid epidemic is one of the most devastating public health crises in American history. Sadly, the crisis was a man-made disaster fueled by corporate greed, deceptio...

March 08, 2025 Letters to the Editor

How a Yale study got twisted into an anti-vaccine talking point

Last week, a blogger wrote about a Yale School of Medicine study that he alleged proved that millions of long COVID sufferers might, in fact been injured by the vaccine. ...

March 08, 2025 Other Voices

Support rights, equality and empowerment for women

As we approach International Women's Day on Saturday, March 8, I am filled with profound pride and purpose. This day is dedicated to honoring achievements and contributio...

March 08, 2025 Letters to the Editor

We’re turning down free money by firing IRS workers

In 1982, a year after shepherding President Ronald Reagan’s tax cut — the biggest ever — through the U.S. Senate, Republican Bob Dole decided something had to be done abo...

March 07, 2025 Other Voices

Agreement between East Butler, baseball association is good news

Spring is baseball season, and as we learned earlier this week, East Butler will hear the crack of bats again soon. In August 2023, East Butler barred the East Butler Bas...

March 07, 2025 Our Opinion

The Republican plan to cut Medicaid is hiding in plain sight

Democrats say that House Republicans voted last week to enact huge cuts to Medicaid. Republicans say they did no such thing. As a matter of procedure, Republicans are tel...

March 06, 2025 Other Voices

Even Steve Bannon knows cutting Medicaid is a mega-risk

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently ...

March 05, 2025 Other Voices

County thinks ahead to encourage lifeguards to apply for summer season

It wasn’t too long ago that the Butler Eagle was reporting on lifeguard shortages. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and summer was in full force just four sh...

March 04, 2025 Our Opinion

Can the world relax about killer asteroids now?

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 295 feet in diameter, it was described as a potential “city killer.” On its e...

March 04, 2025 Other Voices

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