President Barack Obama promised change. He vowed to scour the federal budget for wasteful and ineffective spending.
With a $900 billion stimulus bill expected to be the ...
Butler County taxpayers were dealt a disservice by the county commissioners' weak exercise in reining in tax-collection costs.
On Wednesday, the commissioners lowered th...
While by far it isn't the biggest priority encompassing Pennsylvania's daunting 2009-10 state budget-preparation exercise, state lawmakers should include money in the up...
When President Barack Obama lashed out last week at Wall Street firms paying out $20 billion in bonuses during a time when taxpayers are propping up the financial system...
The new president of the Evans City Borough Council has gotten off on the wrong foot in terms of leading the borough government.
For the borough's sake, rather than for ...
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste"is a quote attributed to economist Paul Romer, and repeated by others in business and politics. And the budget crisis facing Gov. ...
The public has not paid enough attention to the recent report by the state Department of Education revealing that about one-third of high school graduates require remedi...
Based on an article in Friday's Butler Eagle sports section, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals were keenly aware of the hazards of Super Bowl Week nightlife ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers picked a great time to be in Tampa, Fla., considering the winter weather that has Pittsburgh and the rest of Western Pennsylvania locked in its g...
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people across Butler County will miss Mary Hulton Phillips, who died early last week at age 88.
Mary was well known for her generosity in ...
