It was another day of despicable theatre in the Pennsylvania General Assembly Wednesday as the Senate, in full partisan uniform, engaged in another budget-passage charad...
Butler County is no stranger to the costs of housing inmates at prisons outside the county. During the last years of the old, small and crowded prison on Vogely Street, ...
The U.S. Postal Service faces serious challenges with mail volume dropping due to the recession, but mostly due to increased usage of e-mail as well as Internet banking ...
For the second time in less than a week, U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-3rd, was in Butler for a town hall meeting. During the August recess, Dahlkemper is meeting with p...
The urgency surrounding adoption of a complete 2009-10 Pennsylvania budget seemed to evaporate when Gov. Ed Rendell signed what is being referred to as a skeleton budget...
Butler can feel a sense of pride that another of its native sons has achieved great success.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert's promotion to vice chief of Naval operations, thus b...
The stage could be set for a Pennsylvania budget battle in 2010 that will make this year's seem like the good old days.
That's the opinion of G. Terry Madonna and Michae...
A proposal by Common Cause/Pennsylvania for mandatory deadlines in the commonwealth's budget-preparation process — beyond the state constitution's stipulation that a bud...
Too many of the world's small countries, those with populations of less than 1.5 million, are sinking fast — in more ways than one. The latest warnings come from the Pac...
Many Butler County residents haven't taken a vacation from their interest in whether the county will sell Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
That is an option ...
