While not the magnitude of Westinghouse Electric Co.'s decision to move its operations to Cranberry Township, the significance of the good news surrounding the proposed ...
It's understandable that holders of Pennsylvania's slot machine supplier licenses would like to be reimbursed for the money they spent setting up their operations, now t...
Former state lawmaker-turned-lobbyist Mike Veon of Beaver and other retiring or defeated legislators have been the subject of recent news stories related to their pensio...
Great things often are the product of an experiment, and that can be said of the anti-drug Reality Tour that began in Butler in 2003 and which could become the model for...
Slippery Rock High School senior Jence Rhoads has gotten much attention this year as a result of her success on the basketball court.
But she's equally deserving of the ...
The controversial pay-raise vote of 2005 helped launch the current reform movement in Harrisburg by revealing to voters many other failings in the state legislature. A s...
Connoquenessing Borough isn't unique in not being able to attract broad interest for service on the town's governing council. Other small communities with small populati...
In the past, few people in Pennsylvania paid attention to — or cared about — the state Supreme Court. But that began to change in the summer of 2005, when news coverage ...
A story in Sunday's edition of the Butler Eagle emanating from Slippery Rock Township should serve as a wake-up call for Butler city officials.
In Slippery Rock Township...
When compared with most other states, Pennsylvania is long overdue in regulating "assisted living" facilities for the benefit of seniors and disabled adults with low-to-...
