Wolf begins the Medicaid expansion, Kenney reveals his campaign team and Oliver officially jumps into the race. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz!

PA-Gov: Wolf Begins Transition to Full Medicaid Expansion: The new Governor is phasing out his predecessor’s HealthyPA plan.

PHL-15: Staff Profile – Jim Kenney’s Campaign Team: An in-depth look at the Philly mayoral candidate’s staff.

PHL-15: Oliver Formally Announces Mayoral Bid: Former Nutter spokesman Doug Oliver officially entered the race Saturday.

PA Bar Fails to Recommend Covey for Seat on State Supreme Court: The PA Bar has requested that Anne Covey withdraw from the Supreme Court race.

Gallup Ranks Pennsylvania’s Ideology: Conservatives hold a slight advantage in Pennsylvania.

PHL-15: Williams Featured In Two-Part Interview with Philly Magazine: The State Senator and Democratic Mayoral candidate discussed his campaign and city issues.

PA Supreme Court Candidate Wecht Issues 5-Point Plan to Clean Up the Judiciary: Democratic candidate David Wecht addresses the ethics and integrity of the Court.

Statewide
Capitol Wire: Wolf Plans to Replace Corbett’s Healthy PA with Traditional Medicaid Expansion by the Fall
Capitol Wire:Moody’s Report Credits Cash-Strapped School Districts for ’Bold’ Recovery Plans
Capitol Wire: House GOP Files Brief in Support of Arneson/Senate GOP Lawsuit Against Wolf
PA Independent: Fiscal Transparency gets a Boost in Pennsylvania
State House Sound Bites: Supporters Plan Minimum Wage Push
State House Sound Bites: Advocates Praise Wolfs Decision to Fully Expand Medicaid
State House Sound Bites: AP: GOP-Backed High Court Hopeful Blasts Evaluation Panel
State House Sound Bites: Unemployment Rates Fall in Urban Areas. Others, not so much.
PLSReporter: Exact Path of Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Change Remains Murky
PLSReporter: Bills Introduced to Bolster Rights of Rape Victims
PLSReporter: Video: House Dems. Applaud Wolf on Expanding Medicaid
StateImpactPA: Backers Tout Economic Impact of Penn East Pipeline

Philadelphia
WHYY Newsworks: Longstanding education advocate Gym to run for Philly City Council
WHYY Newsworks: Philly Council reviews lack of low-income housing for disabled
WHYY Newsworks: Councilwoman wants to offer Philly residents more green to encourage green roofs
KYW Newsradio: Pennsylvania Legislature Revisits Proposed Law To Limit Parental Rights of Rapists
KYW Newsradio: Philadelphia Workers Attend Minimum-Wage-Hike Rally in Harrisburg
Daily News: Fattah ‘campaigning’ …for his lawyers?
Daily News: Kerns’ law license temporarily yanked
Daily News: Williams: PSP doesn’t have cooties, consider taking its money
Inquirer: Wolf being pressured to restrict gas drilling
Inquirer: Helen Gym announces run for Phila. City Council
Inquirer: Wolf scraps Corbett plan, opts for traditional Medicaid expansion
Inquirer: Is city code driving candidates to ‘dark money’?

SEPA
Pottstown Mercury: Supreme Court suspends former Montgomery County GOP chairman Robert Kerns’ law license
Pottstown Mercury: Chesco police and legislators respond to rising death toll of opioid epidemic
Bucks Local News: Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick announces 2015 Service Academy nominations in Bucks and Montgomery counties
Bucks Local News: Fitzpatrick, Bustos reintroduce bipartisan effort to cut government waste
Bucks Local News: Bucks County Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick responds to U.S. Senate passage of Keystone XL Pipeline bill

Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review: Wolf Moves Toward Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare
Tribune-Review: Allegheny County to Offer Two Days of Amnesty for Parents Behind on Child Support
Tribune-Review: Controller to Audit Vehicle Maintenance Contractor
Tribune-Review: State Fines Pittsburgh Opera for Tardy Filing
Post-Gazette: Wolf Puts the Brakes on Former Governor’s Healthy PA Plan
Post-Gazette: Source of $125,000 Donation to McCord Campaign Revealed
Post-Gazette: Some Say Pennsylvania Not Prepared to Handle New Child Protection Laws
Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Mayor Wants to Adopt New Street Planning Model

Southwest
Beaver County Times: Solicitor Notes Issues for Nearly $1M in Salaries
Beaver County Times: Revenue Department Takes Precautions Regarding Suspected Identity Theft, Fraudulent Tax Refund Claims
Beaver County Times: Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pa. Online
Altoona Mirror: Educators, Politicians Discuss President’s Plan for Free Community College

NEPA
Times-Leader: New Luzerne County Civil Records Software Purchased
Times-Leader: Hazleton Mayor Joe Yannuzzi, Council Members, Clash Over Appointments
Times-Leader: State Audit: WVW Failed to Bill Other Districts for $31,261
Times-Leader: Wilkes-Barre to Award Contract for Inspection Services
Times-Leader: Luzerne County Property Tax Bills Mailed
Times-Tribune: Former Hazleton Mayor Quigley Hearing Could Stir Debate
Standard Speaker: State to Increase Inspections as Local Health Officers Retire
Pocono Record: Sloppy Paperwork Delayed State Money for Stroudsburg School District

South Central
Lancaster Intelligencer: Tests in Lancaster County Measles Case Come Back Negative
Lancaster Intelligencer: Judge Greg Mathis to Speak at Millersville University
Lancaster Intelligencer: Lancaster PAC Donation Among Money Given to McCord After Primary Loss
York Dispatch: Central York Battles Lice, Measles Protocols in Place
Harrisburg Patriot-News: ‘Low Wage is Not OK’: Minimum Wage Marchers Want Raise from $7.25 to $10.10
Harrisburg Patriot-News: Obama’s High Horse is His Teleprompter: Mike Huckabee Takes on the POTUS National Prayer Breakfast Speech: The 9 O’Clock Shot
Harrisburg Patriot-News: Wrong Person May Have Been Identified as Killer of 10-Year-Old Girl, Investigator Says
Harrisburg Patriot-News: Democrats and Republicans Quarrel Over Gov. Wolf’s Plan to Derail Corbett’s Medicaid Overhaul
Harrisburg Patriot-News: Measles Outbreak: Most Democrats and Republicans Favor Vaccine Mandate, but Politics Still Flare Up

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: Teacher Who Humiliated Student Can Keep Job, Court Rules
Morning Call: Bill Would Take Parental Rights Away from Rapists
Morning Call: Northampton County Ended Year with $28.5 Million In Bank; Some Asking Why Taxes Were Raised
Morning Call: Reynolds Announces Reelection Bid for Bethlehem City Council
Reading Eagle: Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Begins Unwinding Corbett Changes to Medicaid Benefits
Reading Eagle: The Rundown: Casey Wants to Update 529 Plans; GOP Lawmakers Push Natural Gas Tax
Reading Eagle: Caltagirone Bill Would Require Special Training for Cops and Judges

North by Northwest
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Taxpayer Money May Be Needed to Complete Project
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: At 81, Man Finds it a Struggle to Make Ends Meet Financially
Centre Daily Times: Focus on Research: A Bird’s Eye View — Researchers Take to the Skies to Chart the Flow of Greenhouse Gases
Centre Daily Times: Adam Taliafaro Climbs the Ranks of N.J. Politics
Centre Daily Times: GOP Challenges Obama Over Flood Risks from Climate Change
Centre Daily Times: Bush: Staffer’s Tweets Were Inappropriate (AP)

Opinion
Tribune-Review: GOP’s Hatch Headache
Tribune-Review: Minimum Wages: Maximum Harm
Post-Gazette: Joy Over Jobs: The Economy Improves with More Opportunities
Post-Gazette: Tax Game: Corporate Buyers Use Loopholes to Cheat the Public
Inquirer: The great bottleneck
Daily News: The gift that keeps on taking
Lancaster Intelligencer: CHIP Keeps Pennsylvania Kids Healthy and Deserves to be Funded
York Dispatch: Now is the Proper Time to Price Carbon

Blogs
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Reynolds wants Another Term on Bethlehem City Council
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Union Agent seeks Re-election to Allentown City Council
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Allentown Controller: Koval to seek Re-election
Citified: Anthony Williams’ Half-Baked Plan for School Funding
Citified: Mayoral Candidates Pan $35 Million Offer to Expand Charters
Citified: Mayoral Front-Runner Anthony Williams: “I’m not Machiavellian”
Citifed: The Brief: Let the Hunger Games Begin, Finally
Commonwealth Foundation: Audio: School Choice is More than Just a Concept
PA Budget and Policy Center: 2015 could be the Year of the National Gas Severence Tax
WHYY: School official runs PAC once associated with Williams