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Butler County government has continued to record multimillion-dollar end-of-year fund balances, thanks to unspent money accumulated over the past decade combined with ta...

Apart from the still-riveting television images of flood recovery in New Orleans, the attention of most Americans has been on the impact Hurricane Katrina has had on gas...

The slow, agonizing process of removing bodies, pumping water and clearing debris from New Orleans will continue for weeks. Sadly - and predictably - the blame game is w...

The Butler County commissioners, on a 2-1 vote, made the questionable decision to build the new county prison in downtown Butler, rather than on county-owned property ne...

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, considered one of the most conservative lawmakers in the General Assembly, deserves positive notice for his decision to resign from the Common...

A former Allegheny County judge, who served 27 months in federal prison in New Jersey, is suing the U.S. Bureau of Prisons because his newspapers were not delivered quic...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has promised that his office "will not hesitate to prosecute those responsible" for gasoline price gouging. That is good news. ...

Returning to Harrisburg after their summer recess, state lawmakers are being peppered with questions about the $11,000-or-more pay raises they approved for themselves at...

Flood- and wind-ravaged areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama face many years of rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In the wake of the 1977 Johnstown Flo...

City officials in Butler working on preparation of the 2006 budget must focus their attention on long-term cost savings as well as exploring some revenue-enhancement ide...