Though he now has a $5 billion vested interest in seeing the U.S. financial markets recover, the words and actions of legendary investor Warren Buffett should boost publ...
Pennsylvania residents should be relieved over the state Senate's intent to delay until at least next year action on whether to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a priv...
It is somewhat reassuring that a growing consensus believes that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion bailout plan needs to be carefully considered and modifi...
Barring some new development, the Butler County commissioners have missed a chance to acquire the remaining parking spaces needed for the new prison to comply with city ...
It's the responsibility of Evans City Borough officials to negotiate a new contract with the local police bargaining unit, or decide on another course of action. Elected...
The past week was anything but pleasant for thousands of Butler County residents. Thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Ike, many areas of the county were left without pow...
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., should step down or be removed as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.
Rangel has displayed, at the very least, gla...
As Butler County's "Ike Cleanup" continues — a task likely to take weeks if not months — most people understandably are dealing with the concerns of the present rather t...
Like a drunken driver walking away from a fatal car accident, it looks like some of the people responsible for the current financial crisis on Wall Street have already w...
Excessive secrecy makes government less trustworthy and the public less safe. But it's on the increase in Washington.
The accelerating push to hide government workings f...
