State lawmakers returning to Harrisburg from their summer recess face a legislative plate heaped with contentious issues left over from the July budget battle. Among the...
Thanks to the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and a mysterious man named Norman Hsu, the public is learning about campaign finance, version 2007.
To...
Like officials in other Butler County communities, Callery Borough Council members over the years enacted ordinances that they deemed were in the town's best interests. ...
Butler isn't a debris field and those who respond to vehicle accidents shouldn't leave it as one.
Two examples in recent days called attention to the problem.
The other ...
At just about any other time, the retirement announcement of the chief justice of the state Supreme Court of Pennsylvania would pass without much notice. Few people in t...
The Butler area ended last week on an unhappy note with police investigating three robberies, including a shooting, that occurred within a span of about 24 hours. The sp...
Last week, state House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, suggested it was time to start talking about legalizing table games in Pennsylvania. Maybe gambling intere...
Beyond the fact that there isn't a contract agreement despite 20 months of negotiations, the most troubling aspect of the ongoing Seneca Valley School District teachers ...
Pennsylvania needs a dose of good news from the commonwealth's manufacturing sector. Unfortunately, such news continues to be elusive, as it has been over much of the la...
In Beaver County, a scandal involving excessive compensation paid to the wife of a powerful state senator raises questions about the nonprofit she headed. The compensati...
