When new regulations are endorsed by those whom the regulations are meant to cover, there are grounds for concern about whether the regulations are strong enough.
That i...
More transparency by the Butler School Board is a campaign issue in these weeks leading up to the Nov. 8 election.
Anyone who has attended a meeting of the board is awar...
The program being developed in Butler County to help people with gambling addictions has the opportunity to help county residents in another way.
That is to avoid addict...
When the protests known at Occupy Wall Street began last month, those involved were portrayed as disaffected young people with no organization, no leadership and no dema...
Butler County officials are expressing solid confidence in Beth Herold’s ability to excel in the growing challenges facing the county’s Area Agency on Aging.
That confid...
Budget preparation this year wasn’t an easy task for the Seneca Valley School Board. In the end, the board adopted a $94 million 2011-12 spending plan financed in part b...
Tom Smith, Seven Fields borough manager, in asking the Butler County commissioners to implement a 311 phone system to complement the county’s 911 emergency network, is m...
Now that Gov. Tom Corbett has come forward with his plan for imposing an impact fee and tightening regulations on Marcellus Shale gas drilling, it’s time for lawmakers t...
The U.S. steel industry was hit hard in the 1980s, primarily by more profitable domestic mini-mills and improved steelmaking technologies overseas. Competitors with lowe...
It’s a few years overdue and could go further, but the bill placing passenger restrictions on teenage drivers passed by the state Legislature is nonetheless welcome. It ...
