A Tuesday vote in the U.S. Senate offers some hope that populist pressure on Congress might challenge Wall Street's political power and influence over Washington.
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Those who have been vandalizing the park, pool and community center in Seven Fields in recent weeks are too small-minded to recognize the ramifications of their conduct ...
State and federal legislators oftentimes approve legislation without having thoroughly read the bill and without having fully digested its meaning and ramifications.
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As the financial reform bill wends its way through the Senate, one has to wonder whether lawmakers understand the true nature of the massive fraud that was perpetrated o...
The announcement in Butler last week that the city's Redevelopment Authority would be partnering with Landmarks Development Corp. of Pittsburgh to advance what's known a...
The police services agreement between Slippery Rock Borough and Slippery Rock Township expired April 30, with the two sides no closer to a new accord than they were two ...
It's time for the Connoquenessing Township Board of Supervisors to finally put to rest the case involving the firing of two township road crew members in April 2009.
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There's nothing wrong with a proposal in the state Senate to require students to attend classes on Saturdays to make up for school cancellations that cannot otherwise be...
Greece is half a world away, so many Americans are paying little attention to the fiscal crisis rocking that Mediterranean nation. But rather than ignore the financial c...
An Associated Press article in Tuesday's Butler Eagle reporting on Pennsylvania's growing fiscal nightmare predicted another tough budget process as the Legislature and ...
