Several years ago, the emerging online commerce industry was a topic of discussion and debate over the issue of sales taxes, which are generally not charged on Internet ...
Until the proposed economic stimulus package envisioned by incoming President Barack Obama is finalized, there can be only speculation as to the nuts and bolts of how th...
Early last year, Bloomberg Markets magazine reported that scores of Pennsylvania school districts, including several in Butler County, appeared to be victims of bad deal...
When Herbert S. Denenberg was Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner in the 1970s, he set up a system whereby department representatives would visit the various counties ...
"Pay to play" deals, through which campaign contributions to politicians are linked to lucrative government contracts, have been making headlines in recent weeks.
The mo...
Shawn and Jennifer Ireland and family, of the Slippery Rock area, provided a special holiday touch to the county courthouse property by way of their donation of a large ...
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) faces a challenge in balancing the potential $1 billion in economic benefits from the natural gas trapped in the M...
The Butler County World War II Memorial in Diamond Park ought to be a unanimous source of pride. It should not be a source of festering controversy like it has become ov...
An early red flag related to potential abuse of politician-linked nonprofit organizations came in 2005 when the headline "Six lawmakers funnel $29 million to pet nonprof...
In two articles published last July, the Associated Press reported on shortcomings in the training of constables, as well as in the oversight of those individuals whose ...
