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Republican Women of Butler County will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at 121 Grosvenor Ave in Center Township.All members and prospective members are welcome.For information, visit the group’s website at www.rwbcpa.org.———State Sen.

Don White, R-41st, recently reintroduced legislation to provide savings to Pennsylvania’s public pension system by changing the program available to members of the General Assembly.The measure would convert all members of the Legislature from a defined benefit pension plan to a defined contribution plan beginning Dec. 1.“Despite the reforms enacted during the last legislative session, Pennsylvania’s public pension systems remain in great financial distress,” White said.“There has been a fundamental change in pension benefits offered by the private sector to its employees, with most companies offering defined contribution plans and few, if any, providing defined benefit plans. It is only right that we follow suit.”———U.S. Rep.

Jason Altmire, D-4th, testified Wednesday before the U.S. International Trade Commission to highlight the need to prevent Brazil, Japan and Russia from engaging in unfair trade practices by once again flooding American markets with underpriced hot-rolled steel.He noted that U.S. Steel and AK Steel, are two of America’s leading producers of hot-rolled steel.AK Steel has a plant in Butler Township.“If we want our domestic steel industry to continue to bounce back from the recent recession, we have to make sure that they have the opportunity to compete in a fair marketplace,” Altmire said.“I urge the ITC to take the actions needed to ensure that our domestic steel manufacturers will not be undermined by other countries’ unfair and illegal trade practices.”