PHILLY.COM / AP: …[Gov. Elect Tom Wolf] vowed to increase funding for public schools, make the state’s tax system fairer, increase the minimum wage, impose tough new ethical rules for public officials, limit political campaign contributions, liberalize the state’s voting laws and preserve public employees’ pensions.
It’s a crowded agenda – a full plate even for a seasoned government hand. And Wolf, despite his decades of running his family’s business, is a rookie whose only previous state government service is the less than two years he served as revenue secretary in Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration.
These are some of the challenges the Democrat faces as he prepares to take his oath on Jan. 20:… (more)
