Just like all other public entities, the Saxonburg Area Authority ought to be trying to save every dollar that it can, especially since the authority has had to impose a...
Politicians, from President Barack Obama on down, talk about creating jobs. But politicians cannot create jobs, at least not jobs outside of government. And beyond the l...
Before the Evans City Borough Council makes a final decision about the future of the local water plant, a meeting between borough and state Department of Environmental P...
Amid the question of whether Pennsylvania lawmakers are permitted by the state constitution to collect a pension has come news about a couple of pensions that defy commo...
In the days leading up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Pennsylvanians have been reminded of the state-run system for selling wine and spirits.
Holiday preparations in t...
Again this year, Butler’s Ring in the Arts! New Year’s Eve celebration will be a smaller version of its former self.
The scaled-down event is being blamed on decreased f...
In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
And all...
The quick arrest of suspects in the Dec. 15 early morning robbery at the A-Plus store on West Jefferson Street should make others with like ideas think twice about commi...
Former state Sen. Vincent Fumo, D-Philadelphia, now serving time in federal prison, taught Pennsylvanians at least two important lessons. First, through testimony in his...
Cutting the city’s business privilege tax would help attract new business enterprises. Unfortunately, that action would not guarantee the increased investment that the c...
