None of the three Butler County commissioners is an expert on operation of a county nursing home. None of them ever has claimed to be.
But they're faced with a big decis...
Most employees handling money for businesses and government aren't crooks. In most cases, those employees take their responsibilities seriously and are concerned about e...
Four years ago this week, Pennsylvania state lawmakers approved a generous pay raise for themselves at 2 a.m. Voter outrage over the pay-raise vote and related abuse of ...
Since he has been in office, Gov. Ed Rendell has had an insatiable appetite for spending. State spending has increased by more than $7 billion, or 36 percent, since 2003...
The Butler police officer who ticketed a few cars parked on a curve on Pillow Street during the Butler BlueSox' game against the Danville Dans Friday evening was acting ...
It's time for a tax on e-mail. Taxes generally are not popular, but a tax on e-mail should prove to be a rare tax that most people support.
Few people would object to a ...
If South Butler School District teachers ever expect to reach a contract agreement with the district, they ought to move closer to a compromise, not farther away from on...
Now that a visiting judge has ruled against Butler County Sheriff Dennis Rickard in a dispute over elimination of some deputy sheriff positions, the sheriff should work ...
Late last week, when the nation's attention was focused on the death of Michael Jackson and the strange saga of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the U.S. House of Repre...
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and state lawmakers have done it again: They've failed to approve a new state budget on time.
And, judging from the state's $3.2 billion bud...
