Category: Tom Wolf

House GOPers Seek Missing Nursing Home Deaths Data, Suspect Coverup in Five States

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Republican Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania believes he and four colleagues aren’t getting copies of monthly nursing home data because state and federal officials have something to hide. “I don’t know how many times you have to send letters and make requests for data and get no response at all,”…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Block Gov. Wolf from Joining Multi-State Climate Agreement

Pennsylvania lawmakers have reloaded legislation from last year that would prohibit their governor from imposing carbon taxes in combination with new climate change regulations without the approval of the General Assembly. The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee in February just a few days after an independent commission called for…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Block Entry to Multi-State Climate Compact

Pennsylvania lawmakers have reloaded legislation from last year that would prohibit the state’s governor from imposing carbon taxes in combination with new climate change regulations without the approval of the General Assembly. At issue is whether Pennsylvania will join a multi-state climate change compact known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Commission or RGGI. The bill…


Pennsylvania Secretary of State Resigning After Department Failure: Governor

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, who is also the commonwealth’s top election official, will resign after the department reportedly failed to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims to file against their abusers. Gov. Tom Wolf said her resignation will go into effect on Friday, Feb….


Pennsylvania Secretary of State Resigning Over Amendment Issue: Governor

Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state and its top elections official, will resign over her department’s reported failure to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would extend the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sex abuse to file actions against their abusers. Gov. Tom Wolf said her resignation will go into effect on Feb. 5. The…


Pennsylvania State Senators Call for Delay to Electoral College Vote Certification

A group of 21 state GOP senators from Pennsylvania called on Republican leaders of the U.S. House and Senate to delay certification of the Electoral college votes until a legal battle mounted by President Donald Trump against the Pennsylvania Secretary of State is heard in court. The Republican senators in their letter to Senate Republican leader…


Climate Change Initiative Would Raise Costs Without Environmental Benefits, Say Critics

If Pennsylvania joins a multi-state climate change agreement that restricts carbon dioxide emissions, energy prices will increase and jobs will be lost in response to new regulatory burdens that will not produce any environmental or health benefits, according to public policy analysts who took part in virtual public hearings earlier this month. The Regional Greenhouse…


Climate Change Initiative Would Raise Costs Without Environmental Benefits, Critics Say

If Pennsylvania joins a multistate climate change agreement that restricts carbon dioxide emissions, energy prices will increase and jobs will be lost in response to new regulatory burdens that won’t produce any environmental or health benefits, according to public policy analysts who took part in virtual public hearings earlier this month. The Regional Greenhouse Gas…