Penn Hills plans to spend about $1.2 million to pave 14 streets this year. Council recently awarded its paving program to Oakmont-based A. Folino Construction. Municipal manager Scott Andrejchak said the company was the lowest of three bidders. “Folino has completed similar work in Penn Hills previously, and the municipality
J.D. Prose, USA TODAY Network - PA State Capitol Bureau
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar will leave her job Friday after “human error” led to her department failing to advertise a constitutional amendment that would retroactively give child sex abuse victims more time to file civil suits.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Boockvar’s resignation Monday morning because of the error, which forces the constitutional amendment process to start over.
“This change at the Department of State has nothing to do with the administration of the 2020 election, which was fair and accurate,” said Wolf, preemptively knocking down any speculation that Republican criticism over her handling of the election was a factor in Boockvar’s resignation.