Op/Ed: State Courts seek to control county row office operations

Judiciary hungry to seize fees that help keep local taxes down By Terri Clark, Chester County Register of Wills Terri Clark With Pennsylvania locked in a five-month budget impasse, the state’s Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) is creating something that already exists at public expense.  As our schools and non-profits suffer without state funding, AOPC is developing a computer...

Few shakeups in county on Primary day

A handful of incumbents bounced at municipal level; county slates set By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Tuesday’s Primary election largely set up this November’s election slate — although in a handful of municipal races, incumbent supervisor candidates were knocked off their party’s ballot. Turnout for the election was very light: just 10.45% of voters registered as Republican or Democrat...