Butler County’s hotel/motel room tax generates $1 million annually for the county’s tourism promotion efforts. That total will increase with new facilities currently und...
In campaign advertisements and in speeches recently, President Barack Obama has criticized Republican Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital, the private equity firm h...
The city of Butler could make great strides in many ways if the success of the police dog effort could be realized in other endeavors.
Many city residents never imagined...
For a long time, the city of Butler has needed new ideas for trying to attract businesses.
The city’s 7-mill business privilege tax on gross receipts, the highest in the...
The Butler School Board is correct in wanting to address district capital projects needs and recognizing the advantages of refinancing a bond issue to achieve its object...
“Home district” was a familiar term in the vocabulary of Bill DeWeese of Greene County during his 35 years in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, many as a powerful legis...
Beyond civility and professionalism, Butler County Commissioner Jim Eckstein should work on keeping things in perspective. Monitoring county spending is a good thing, bu...
States compete with one another to attract business and create jobs for a healthy economy. Sometimes this competition is characterized as a race to the bottom in terms o...
All school districts in Butler County need to provide to their residents a multi-year fiscal projection like that provided by the Seneca Valley School District superinte...
Butler residents who are part of a new survey dealing with the downtown area should embrace the study with a serious, committed and open-minded attitude. Their answers c...
