Raising the debt ceiling, like so much else in Washington, D.C., has become political theater, devolving to a game of chicken. Both sides admit that failing to raise the...
The state law passed five years ago giving voters the right to veto or approve school property tax increases above the rate of inflation hasn't worked.
It's not because ...
At a time when the nation’s attention is on creating jobs, growing the economy and helping expand exports of products made in the United States, it was shocking to read ...
Public service is laudable, and being recognized by one's peers is a high honor.
Given that, a double cheer goes out to Zelienople Mayor Tom Oliverio, who was recognized...
The presentation Wednesday evening by paraprofessionals in the Butler School District raised important issues, including the unfairness of seniority rules or “bumping” a...
As the temperatures rise with the approach of summer, so do the number of motorcycles on the road. And this year, expensive gasoline might also motivate more people to t...
Last week, after a hearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ronnie Polaneczky, a columnist with the Philadelphia Daily News declared “Thank a Federal Prosecutor Day.”
Polan...
Democrats have found their version of Obamacare’s “death panels.” It’s Medicare.
Republicans won elections last year demonizing and distorting many of the elements of Ob...
Redistricting, the redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts, will be different this time, according to state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, who serves as...
Aggressiveness has not been a trait of Butler city government for a long time. But if the city is going to successfully resolve the challenges — financial and infrastruc...
