Two Pennsylvania representatives are suing Gov. Tom Wolf in Commonwealth Court over his discontinuation of the Public Employees Retirement Commission. Their suit makes a familiar claim regarding Wolf’s actions—that he exceeded his authority as governor.
Rep. Stephen Bloom, R-Cumberland, and Rep. Seth Grove, R-York, filed a petition for review and application for special relief Feb. 12 in the Commonwealth Court. They are seeking an injunction on Wolf’s alleged dissolution of PERC, which resulted from Wolf’s line item veto of an appropriation for PERC in the General Appropriations Act of 2015.
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