A disease that’s fatal to deer has crossed into the wild in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission stepped up monitoring for Chronic Wasting Disease after it appeared in neighboring states. Now, the disease has tuned up in the wild deer population. Three deer killed in Blair and Bedford Counties during hunting season tested positive for the neurological […]
2014 could prove to be a tumultuous year for health insurance rates. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine said as much when answering questions from members of the state House Appropriations Committee this week. Consedine says some segments of the population are likely to experience what he calls “rate shock,” upon full implementation of the Affordable […]
Former Auditor General Jack Wagner’s special report on Penn State’s governance will be the subject of a state Senate committee hearing later this month. “It will be a look at whether there should be changes, and then whether the legislature should have a role in that,” says State Government Committee Chairman Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster), who […]
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul bring you more from the state legislative budget hearings, which included questioning on pensions and liquor privatization this week. Also, Radio PA’s Cathy Clark provides an update on the health of the Susquehanna River. Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on […]
It appears that the lingering effects of the recession have hit college savings efforts. Only half of American families with kids under age 18 are saving for college according to research released by Sallie Mae and Ipsos. That number represents a decline from two years ago. Sarah Ducich , a senior vice president at Sallie Mae, says […]
Regardless of any additional reforms, executives from the state’s two big public pension funds are telling state lawmakers that adequate employer contributions are essential. In this case, the state is the employer and its taxpayers are the ones footing the bill. As it stands, the combined unfunded liabilities of the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) […]
Congress still has a few days to act, but compromise on a federal deficit-reduction plan appears to be less likely by the hour. Radio PA’s Matt Paul caught up with US Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Tuesday, to discuss the so-called sequester:SEQUESTER Casey’s reference to 78,000 lost jobs in the Keystone State is based on a […]
As the battle lines are being drawn on Governor Tom Corbett’s liquor privatization plan, the legislative debate may come down to privatization vs. modernization. But the issues can be mutually exclusive. Peppered by repeated questions from the Senate Appropriations Committee, Liquor Control Board Chairman Joseph Brion said he is not personally opposed to privatization. “I […]
You’ve heard of the “black boxes” in planes and trains that investigators retrieve after crashes to learn more about what happened. But did you know you may have a similar device in your car? Motor vehicle event data recorders collect information about speed, seat belt use and brake application according to state Representative Ted Harhai […]
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul bring you the latest from state legislative budget hearings, which included questioning on topics ranging from state pensions to guns. And, as budget season kicks into high gear, what’s the latest on the pension crisis? Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth […]