Higher minimum wage, natural gas tax and allowing marijuana sales: Gov. Wolf outlines goals in 2021

By: Ron Southwick

Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a higher minimum wage, a tax on natural gas drilling and the legalization of marijuana for recreational uses as top priorities in the coming year.

The governor has met resistance from Republican lawmakers on those goals in the past. But he said he’d be pushing forward with them again as he outlined some of his top 2021 priorities in a news conference Thursday.

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