Not surprisingly, Congress failed to take action by today’s deadline to prevent the scheduled doubling of interest rates on certain types of student loans.
Most observer...
A heartfelt cheer goes to 15-year-old Stella Rotundo for a very courageous stand she took this week in the name of justice.
Stella, who just completed her freshman year ...
As we get ready to celebrate America’s 237th Independence Day, we watch with interest as Egypt, the world’s oldest continuously existing nation, struggles to sustain its...
State lawmakers face a weekend deadline for a state budget, privatization of the state store system, transportation funding and pension reform. Such a heavy workload wou...
Details of a “pay to play” culture that reportedly existed at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will be heard this week at hearings related to corruption charges stem...
Pennsylvania has good reason to protect its highway system. With the nation’s fifth-largest network of state-maintained roads and the fourth-highest number of interstate...
Sometimes the most telling details are the ones that don’t materialize.
Take for example the proposed merger of three volunteer fire departments in Butler Township. The ...
For lack of a sink, people who gather for lunch in the Senior Center of the Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople will have to dine elsewhere.
A state inspector s...
Now you’ve gone and done it, Commissioner Jim Eckstein. You have alleged a grand conspiracy.
You’ve accused fellow Commissioner Dale Pinkerton of cutting the two elected...
From every perspective, recent proposals to build two motels in Butler Township should be regarded as welcome news.
Horizon Properties of Canonsburg this week presented ...
