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Pennsylvania voters backed curtailing Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency powers in a win for Republican lawmakers

The ballot questions were widely seen as a referendum on the Wolf administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Wolf administration has forcefully pushed back on the claim that it can only mandate business closures when a disaster declaration is in place, arguing that power resides with the state’s health secretary.
The Wolf administration has forcefully pushed back on the claim that it can only mandate business closures when a disaster declaration is in place, arguing that power resides with the state’s health secretary.Read moreCommonwealth Media Services