As a front-page article in Sunday's Butler Eagle pointed out, there is significant pessimism about the prospects for a state constitutional convention anytime soon.
But ...
Over the past 45 years, zoning has been a controversial issue in many Pennsylvania municipalities.
Some people don't like to be told how they can use their land, but man...
Despite the talk from Washington, D.C., about crafting tough financial reforms, there are fears from across the political spectrum that the reforms that will emerge from...
Sports and other extracurricular activities provide many proud moments for school districts, and are part of the total educational experience.
But even isolated incident...
When communities receive state or federal funds for specific projects, or allocate local funds for targeted efforts, it's common practice to put the money to use within ...
The recent health care debate focused mostly on the sins of the health insurance industry and the political clout of the pharmaceutical industry to cut a secret deal wit...
Pittsburgh football fans and football fans across the nation — even many people who aren't football followers — have been following all of the developments in the "Ongoi...
When the news broke Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission was charging Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs with misleading investors, millions of Amer...
Last Thursday, April 15, was Tax Day. Across the country, millions of taxpayers filed their state, federal and local income tax returns. On the same day, Americans in al...
There never can be too much praise heaped upon homicide detective Stephen Furr of Charlotte, N.C., for the tenacity he exhibited in solving the October 1995 murder of Ra...
