Concerned Butler County residents shouldn't be relieved now that the county commissioners have decided to restore most of the funding they have traditionally provided to...
A small sign of hope emerged in Harrisburg last week that could save taxpayers millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars. The issue is tax collection and bringing...
The Butler County commissioners should be embarrassed over their handling of the 2008 budget. Instead of demonstrating a willingness for tough decisions to reign in the ...
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Ralph D'Antonio, Butler city treasurer, has criticized the city council's plan to obtain a $300,000 tax-anticipation loan to help cover expenses incurred during ...
It's bad enough that record numbers of people are losing homes because of mortgages they couldn't afford and should never have gotten. Mortgage companies shouldn't add i...
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's opinion that legislation might be needed to put the brakes on what he described as unfair practices by credit card issuers should spread throughou...
As the result of legislation signed by Gov. Ed Rendell on Nov. 20, 16-year-olds will be able to donate blood beginning on Jan. 21. It is to be hoped that these potential...
Traditionally, nonprofit organizations do good works and are broadly supported by the public. Lately, however, some nonprofits — those with close ties to elected officia...
The Bush administration ought to be on the side of greater transparency regarding toxic chemicals that companies use, store and release into the environment.
Since there...
Readers of Philadelphia's major newspapers are seeing an ad this week that is unusual in two respects. The full-page ad features a drawing of a cute alpaca chewing dolla...
