LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: … On Thursday, the administration backtracked from a letter the Department of Labor and Industry sent to about two dozen state-funded agencies that help disabled individuals. The letter, which the administration called an unauthorized “mistake” and Rep. Mauree Gingrich, R-Lebanon, called “fear-mongering,” warned the agencies they would lose money if a budget is not approved by July 1, according to Capitolwire, an online news service.
•On Wednesday, Commonwealth Court ruled Wolf overstepped his authority when he fired the state’s open records chief. Wolf appealed the decision…
•On Monday, the Senate, on a near party-line vote, rejected Wolf’s nominee for state police commissioner, Marcus Brown, forcing Wolf to keep him on as “acting commissioner,” which elicited a lawsuit threat from Republicans… (more)
