As those responsible for representing the people of Pennsylvania, state lawmakers, even in an election year, should feel obligated to openly and honestly express their v...
It's well understood that when politicians are in campaign mode, they spin just about everything they say. And since Washington, D.C., is pretty much in perpetual campai...
Pennsylvania lawmakers have the power to help financially beleaguered cities in the commonwealth — including Butler — effect a turnaround in their worsening financial ci...
Tremors erupted in Southern California a few weeks ago. The epicenter of the shake-up is in Los Angeles, but the tremors are being felt around the country.
Rather than t...
The proposed rental inspection ordinance that Butler City Councilman Fred Reese plans to introduce and have passed by year's end would be a major asset in the city's goa...
If the new accounting system that will be bought by Butler City Council for $23,000 plus $6,900 for annual support service helps the city financial operations run cost e...
Lost among competing news stories and chatter about mid-term elections, the Gulf oil spill and ongoing debates over energy, immigration and deficit spending is President...
More change could be coming to Harrisburg, even if voters are unable or unwilling to send incumbents packing, despite so many state lawmakers having become part of, or t...
Advice to Butler residents to pay attention to the city's financial plight might seem painfully obvious. That's because the city has been wrestling with money issues thr...
While it might be premature for Evans City to formally advertise for a borough manager, the borough council shouldn't be as pessimistic as council President Bill Painter...
