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The big pay raise Pennsylvania lawmakers approved for themselves early Thursday might be palatable if state taxpayers could be assured of a much-more-effective legislati...

While the final details remained to be worked out between state lawmakers and Gov. Ed Rendell over a 2005-06 budget, one thing was certain: The estimated $440 million bu...

The things that the Butler Downtown Redevelopment Advisory Board envisions for the city's core area make sense. However, the board's ideas will require a sustained missi...

Years from now, when people reflect on 2005, they are likely to regard it as the year of Butler's revival - the year that the city reawakened. After years of virtual not...

The Buffalo Township supervisors weren't wrong in conducting public interviews of candidates for a supervisor vacancy. A candidate - or, in this case, an applicant - for...

Two corrections officers at the Butler County Prison performed flawlessly June 16 and 17 in thwarting an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs and pornography into the prison....

There is nothing wrong with the Zelienople Borough Council's intent to improve the borough's sign ordinance. However, the council shouldn't try to dictate requirements f...

Pennsylvania's new fiscal year began at 12:01 a.m. today without an approved 2005-06 budget in place. While not a source of serious consequences at this juncture, the fa...

Obesity is becoming the new smoking - at least in terms of its known contribution to increased health care costs. And as such, it should be treated seriously by insuranc...

The United States' relationship with Vietnam has come a long way in the 10 years since President Bill Clinton took steps to restore relations between the former bitter e...