It was in October 2005 that state Sen. John Pippy, R-Allegheny, introduced a bill to reduce the size of the state legislature.
It was Tuesday — about 10 months later — t...
Lame-duck Pennsylvania lawmakers shouldn't be permitted special perks beyond those they already receive by virtue of holding office.
But that is about to happen as five ...
Harrisburg is suddenly short of leadership — at least when it comes to fixing flaws and closing loopholes associated with the two-year-old slot machine law.
There was no...
Despite the lingering issue about whether Butler County's new prison is being built in the best location, it's troubling that the prison project appears to have been acc...
The two latest scandals involving the ultra-rich could be dubbed "billionaires behaving badly,"if they weren't so serious. Cheating among the financial elite, in one for...
A Butler County jury decided last week that 52-year-old Bruce Stanko of Hampton Township, Allegheny County, was not guilty of homicide by vehicle while intoxicated, as w...
With its invasion of Lebanon, Israel is attempting to do what it should already know won't work.
War cannot defeat terrorism. It isn't designed to; indeed, it can be arg...
The plan to create an artificial — and unnecessary — layer of business by mandating that forthcoming casinos in Pennsylvania must buy slot machines from state-based midd...
Praise is in order to all who came forward to provide the $5,000 needed for the fireworks display at this year's Regatta at Lake Arthur.
The regatta is scheduled for Aug...
Butler County Commissioner Glenn Anderson's point that a sports and recreation complex proposed for Alameda Park would be a way to spend money to benefit law-abiding res...
