A recent ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pelligrini that Pennsylvania must resume funding adultBasic, the subsidized health insurance program for low-income adult...
The Butler School Board’s discussion about possible class cutbacks on Monday served as another reminder of why the district’s current sweetheart, early bird contract was...
The debate over the sequester, or across-the-board reductions in planned federal spending, continues. But despite last week’s warnings of dire consequences from Presiden...
Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing reforms to ease the burden on taxpayers posed by the two massive pension funds for state employees and public school teachers that are curr...
Last week’s conviction of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, along with her aide and sister, Janine Orie, for using state-paid staff and resources on c...
As a university community, Slippery Rock Borough’s parking situation could be chaotic if the town were lackadaisical in its enforcement of parking regulations.
The curre...
Butler County Controller Jack McMillin has been controversial at times, but he also has done a good job as county government's fiscal watchdog.
Because of that, McMillin...
The Butler School District is right in deciding to hire a consultant to develop a facilities master plan. Formal approval of the action occurred at Monday’s school board...
Knowing that the public is frustrated with much of what Washington politicians do or don’t do, members of the House of Representatives in January passed a bill they call...
Rather than setting a cap on cost-of-living pay adjustments for elected county officials, the Butler County commissioners should put in place a no-annual-COLA policy.
Th...
