The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is responsible for balancing the interests of public utilities and customers. The state agency reviews — and approves, r...
The Internal Revenue Service has been rightly criticized for wasting millions of dollars on conferences, including a single California event that cost $4.1 million and f...
Reports of animal abuse, or at least allegations of inhumane or improper treatment of horses, have been making news in Butler County in recent months.
There is broad sup...
For kids, summer should be about fun. Too often, kids become bored due to lack of things to do. Beyond that, many kids suffer what's called “brain drain” over the long b...
It seems almost ludicrous to blame local employer USIS for having a role in the Edward Snowden security-leaks scandal. But recent news reports have federal investigators...
Stunned and still divided by the failed vote last month on a five year, $939 billion farm bill, the Republican majority returned it to the U.S. House floor late Wednesda...
There is a lot of confusion about the status of jury commissioner positions in Butler County and across the state.
Statewide, confusion is the result of a law passed by ...
Slippery Rock borough council gets a conditional cheer this week for reconsidering its decision to move up the borough’s spring bulk-trash pickup from early May to mid-M...
The symbolism of President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Africa was clear — the first African American president visiting the continent. And with Nelson Mandela, the for...
Campaigning for governor, Tom Corbett pledged to have state budgets passed on time, something his predecessor, Ed Rendell, did not do. And over the past weekend, state l...
