Gov. Tom Wolf Says He’ll Fight For Cash Assistance Program

MOUNT WOLF, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf is telling demonstrators that he’ll fight Republican resistance to a Depression-era program in his budget proposal that provides a $200-a-month cash benefit for the poor who are disabled or otherwise unable to work.
Wolf, a Democrat, spoke with demonstrators from the Poor People’s Campaign who showed up at his Mount Wolf home Thursday afternoon.
Demonstrators urged him to veto any spending package from the Republican-controlled Legislature t