Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said he is enjoying retirement from politics and reading, though he doesn’t exactly miss tense budget negotiations like the kind seen at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in recent years.Wolf spoke to reporters Wednesday following an America 250 PA event featuring his wife, former Pennsylvania First Lady Francis Wolf, alongside a panel that also featured former U.S. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The event honored the contributions of women in the Keystone State as part of Women’s History Month.”She’s still working. She’s a working artist and a very talented one. And so, I’m retired, and she’s still working. It’s really nice,” he said.Partisan fighting over state budgetWGAL asked Wolf about partisan fighting in Harrisburg over the state budget, which resulted in last fiscal year’s spending plan being delayed for several months amid gridlock.Wolf, who was governor during the longest budget impasse in state history, noted that times have changed to some degree in that the state does have some money to work with.But he felt as if the GOP-controlled Senate is, in some ways, making things personal in their disagreements with Gov. Josh Shapiro.”I think to a certain extent the Senate is playing with the governor’s ambitions. In my time, we were all playing with an empty wallet, and now Pennsylvania has money,” he said.Asked about Sen. John FettermanWolf was also asked by a reporter about U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, who was his former lieutenant governor.The former governor said he hadn’t spoken to Fetterman since Fetterman joined the Senate and deflected when asked about the senator, who has seen increasing criticism from Democrats over his support on certain issues for President Trump and Republicans.”I have thoughts — but I don’t have to share them anymore,” he said with a chuckle.

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said he is enjoying retirement from politics and reading, though he doesn’t exactly miss tense budget negotiations like the kind seen at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in recent years.

Wolf spoke to reporters Wednesday following an America 250 PA event featuring his wife, former Pennsylvania First Lady Francis Wolf, alongside a panel that also featured former U.S. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The event honored the contributions of women in the Keystone State as part of Women’s History Month.

“She’s still working. She’s a working artist and a very talented one. And so, I’m retired, and she’s still working. It’s really nice,” he said.

Partisan fighting over state budget

WGAL asked Wolf about partisan fighting in Harrisburg over the state budget, which resulted in last fiscal year’s spending plan being delayed for several months amid gridlock.

Wolf, who was governor during the longest budget impasse in state history, noted that times have changed to some degree in that the state does have some money to work with.

But he felt as if the GOP-controlled Senate is, in some ways, making things personal in their disagreements with Gov. Josh Shapiro.

“I think to a certain extent the Senate is playing with the governor’s ambitions. In my time, we were all playing with an empty wallet, and now Pennsylvania has money,” he said.

Asked about Sen. John Fetterman

Wolf was also asked by a reporter about U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, who was his former lieutenant governor.

The former governor said he hadn’t spoken to Fetterman since Fetterman joined the Senate and deflected when asked about the senator, who has seen increasing criticism from Democrats over his support on certain issues for President Trump and Republicans.

“I have thoughts — but I don’t have to share them anymore,” he said with a chuckle.