Nov 26, 2022

Pennsylvania’s New Abnormal Government


By Lowman S. Henry 

As the dust settles on the General Election the only certainty is that state government will be very different come January. A new Governor will take office, the state Senate will have new leadership, and the state House — well, chaos will reign at least for the first half of the year. 

Attorney General Josh Shapiro will become the new Governor of Pennsylvania and his administration promises to be significantly different from that of outgoing Gov. Tom Wolf. Wolf came into office with scant government experience — he served as a cabinet secretary — and little real-world experience aside from a largely symbolic executive position with his family business.