With Tuesday’s state Senate passage of a bill making it illegal to text while driving, it looks like Pennsylvania will soon join 41 other states in trying to curtail thi...
A painful chapter in Butler County’s commitment to honoring its veterans finally came to a close Wednesday with the replacement of damaged commemorative bricks — called ...
Maybe public interest in Butler’s financial struggles will grow as the city council continues through the 2012 budget-preparation process, but meetings Tuesday and Thurs...
President Barack Obama has this week focused attention on the burden of student loans. He is proposing changes to an existing program to help ease the burden on graduate...
The six-year transportation construction plan being pushed by House Republicans in Congress makes sense from two perspectives.
First, the plan would create jobs; second,...
Leaders of a city in financial trouble should be discussing the problem openly at every one of their meetings and regularly updating residents on what remedial measures ...
The congressional “supercommittee” faces a late-November deadline to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. And there are no encouraging reports of progress — Demo...
At a time when most people are tired of partisan bickering by politicians and their inaction in the face of serious challenges, it’s time for Pennsylvania’s elected offi...
It’s a national embarrassment that Pennsylvania’s capital city is facing a state takeover of its debt-ridden finances, or bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the federal bankr...
Cranberry Township’s growth is destined to continue for a number of years, according to the township’s chief strategic planning officer, and that’s good news for the tow...
