After a tour of a controversial minimum-security halfway house in the city’s downtown with state Rep. Tarah Toohil and members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, state Department of Corrections Secretary Designee John Wetzel sidestepped a question whether he would cancel a contract with the operator but promised to review information that could warrant such action.

Just after former Rep. Patrick Murphy announced a run for Pa. attorney general in 2012, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania didn’t waste much time to resurface a 2010 election controversy involving questionable absentee ballot applications.