It's widely known that Pennsylvania, like many other states, is facing a public employee pension crisis. There have been warnings in recent years of big tax increases th...
A new effort by the state of New Jersey to reduce the number of teen traffic deaths deserves notice by other states, including Pennsylvania.
Beginning May 1, New Jersey ...
People who choose to participate in the Obama administration's $75 billion "Making Home Affordable" program should be told all of the pluses and minuses that the program...
The Butler Eagle stands by its opinion that the U.S. House's passage of the Senate health care reform bill, in the end, might seriously challenge the financial health of...
Some Butler Eagle readers might have gasped when they read Wednesday's front page headline "$29 billion budget bill passes House, heads to Senate."
Considering Pennsylva...
No one can predict how the appeals process will shake out for former state Rep. Mike Veon of Beaver County and two of his one-time aides — assuming, of course, that appe...
The U.S. House of Representatives' passage of the Senate health care reform bill — a measure that, in the end, might seriously challenge the financial health of many sma...
When it was enacted by the Pennsylvania Legislature after the Johnstown Flood of 1936, the so-called Johnstown Flood Tax was intended to be a temporary levy to help the ...
Many Butler School District taxpayers might accept $10,000 as a reasonable price to pay for keeping the date of the district's graduation ceremony — June 4 — unchanged.
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At colleges in California and across the country, students gathered early this month to protest budget cuts targeting financial support for higher education. The student...
