Butler County residents should pay close attention to the discussion ahead over whether the county should be divided into fire districts.
If implemented, the plan would ...
Most people have never heard of the Libor rate. But most people are impacted, at least indirectly, by it.
Reports that the rate was manipulated to benefit major banks is...
Months after the issue of business travel first surfaced, Butler County government still is wrestling with the issue.
It's time for the matter to be resolved. The county...
Perhaps the most damning confirmation from the eight-month probe into the Penn State University sex-abuse scandal is former FBI Director Louis Freeh’s disclosure that th...
In state capitals and cities, both large and small, financial realities can no longer be ignored. A quote by Nobel prize-winning physicist Sir Ernest Rutherford sums up ...
Some people might say former state Sen. Jane Orie is getting all that she deserves in connection with her conviction on political corruption and forgery charges. In addi...
A public official should be careful to set a good example outside of the office if he or she wants to be respected regarding the decisions that must be made while servin...
A series of public opinion polls about the nation’s crumbling infrastructure paints an accurate picture of many Americans’ mind-set — we want things, but don’t want to p...
The Butler County commissioners continue to debate whether new construction or buying and renovating an existing building is the best option for easing county government...
Thursday’s anxiously awaited ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the 2010 health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, briefly focused the nati...