Democrats and Republicans, in Congress and the White House, once collaborated on fraught legislation to address major public policy and fiscal challenges: Social Security...
September 02, 2026 Other Voices
Speaker Jam, the annual gathering of Butler County social service agencies and nonprofits, couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
The event, which allows people to ...
This letter is in praise of Dr. Prasad Vemala’s recent editorial in this newspaper (“The state has a partnership shortage, not a worker one, Aug. 2, Page A4). His ideas a...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Congress couldn’t agree that people need proof of citizenship to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits noncitizens from...
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years.
There is one common thread between the 1990-91 Phila...
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee.
Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinating many of the crop...
Breaking records can be a good thing — but not in the case of school bus crashes.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 2025 recorded 237 school bu...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's visible decline in her final years in office, Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s own recent hospitalization and his haltin...
The national debt has ballooned under Republican control. During the president’s first term, he added $7.8 trillion to the national debt. So far in the first year and a h...
The story in the July 12 Butler Eagle showcasing the 41 county adults who gained their GED diplomas (“Residents earn diplomas through BC3 programs,” Page B6) has prompted...
