Even though most Americans view the financial crisis of 2008-09 as old news, two events last week in New York City could change that view. And renewed attention on the n...
It’s commendable that the newly reorganized Butler School Board, which has five new members, is taking steps to avoid a repeat of a controversy like the one the former b...
The fact that a proposed construction-renovation project in the Freeport School District might eventually require a voter referendum dictates that district residents sta...
You could say that Santa Claus made a pre-season stop to Pennsylvania's state government chambers in Harrisburg on Thursday. But the gift to state lawmakers, an automati...
Butler’s struggles to revitalize its downtown are much the same as the challenges facing the other 52 third-class cities in Pennsylvania. Even larger cities like Pittsbu...
Attention in the Penn State sex abuse scandal shifted during the past week to lawyers’ legal moves to prevent the youth charity at the center of the case from shutting d...
The failure of the congressional supercommittee to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit was not a surprise to Americans who have watched a dysfunctional Washingto...
Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 with these words:
“It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year . . . to favor ...
The Karns City School Board’s decision on the fate of its elementary schools is a commendable compromise that will minimize future dissatisfaction.
While the decision wo...
The Community Development Corporation of Butler County has been successful over the years by adjusting to changing conditions and by being aggressive in working to achie...
