Letter: A vote for Katie Muth

To The Editor: As election day approaches I am looking forward to supporting the candidates best aligned with my beliefs and values. As a lifelong Republican I will be supporting many of the Republican candidates. For Senate in the 44th district I will be supporting Katie Muth. As a Humane Society of the United States volunteer I have had the opportunity to work with Senator Muth and her staff on a...

Dinniman announces retirement

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times State Sen. Andy Dinniman Chester County Democratic powerhouse State Sen. Andy Dinniman announced Friday night that he would not seek reelection for a fourth term — just weeks after launching his reelection. Dinniman, a former County Commissioner and Democratic Party Chair, announced Friday that family concerns meant it was time to end a three-decade career in politics,...

Candidate Q&A: Tom Killion, 9th Senate District

Tom Killion Editor’s Note: Once again, we posed the same nine questions to our legislative candidates and offered to publish them without edits or modification to allow our readers to get an unfiltered view of their positions on some of the top issues of the day in Pennsylvania. We will run the answers of all of the candidates for a given race at the same time — assuming all have responded. 1....

Endorsements: Malloy, Dinniman for state Senate

Although the headlines from the national race have grabbed the headlines, we in Pennsylvania stand at a crossroads: the state’s finances are broken, we continue struggle to manage to pay for road and bridge and repairs, policing and education. Pensions continue to strangle the state budget and boost local property taxes. Our state legislature continues to be exceptionally dysfunctional and overly...

Local legislators back bipartisan state budget

Senate, Gov. must OK $31.55 billion state spending plan By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Correction: Adds Rep. Truitt’s vote. It appears last year’s long, drawn out state budget process may be shorter — based on the bipartisan passage of a new $31.55 billion budget by the state House of Representatives, Tuesday, 132-68. The budget was supported by seven Chester County State Representatives...

Killion is sworn in as state Senator

New state Sen. Tom Killion (R-9) takes the oath of office, Wednesday, in the state Senate Chambers in Harrisburg. Killion won a special election April 26 to replace retiring state Sen. Dominic Pileggi. HARRISBURG — Tom Killion (R-9) was sworn into office as the state senator representing the 9th Senatorial District in Delaware and Chester counties during a ceremony Wednesday in the Senate Chamber...

Letter: GOP ads about Malloy are deceptive

To The Editor: For several weeks my mailbox has been overflowing with large flyers sent by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania supporting Tom Killion and panning Marty Molloy, the candidates in the April 26 special election.  This special election will fill the open seat in the Pennsylvania 9th Senatorial District.    Send article as PDF   

Wolf’s budget proposal brings out the silly from both sides

And…York area senator trash talks our senators, again By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times It was a bit frosty in Harrisburg this week — and I don’t just mean the “my gosh will this awful winter ever end” kind of frosty, but a less than warm reception to Gov. Tom Wolf’s first budget proposal and, because it is the time for giving (at least to political columnists), more Republican on Republican...

Pileggi to seek Delco judgeship

Would quit state Senate if elected to Court of Common Pleas State Sen. Dominic Pileggi Sen. Dominic Pileggi, the former Senate Majority Leader, who represents the 9th Senate District which includes much of southern Chester County Chester Counties, announced Friday he plans to run for a vacancy on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. Pileggi, the former mayor of Chester, has served in the Pennsylvania...

Pileggi out as Senate Majority Leader

GOP Senate votes him out in favor of Corman By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Sen. Dominic Pileggi Chester County will no longer have representation in the leadership of either party’s leadership in the state legislature, after a shakeup Wednesday deposed Sen. Dominic Pileggi from his post as Majority Leader of the state Senate. Pileggi (R-9), who represents a large portion of the eastern part of...