Radio PA Roundtable – December 30, 2016-January 1, 2017

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we revisit some of the top Pennsylvania stories of the year before we turn the page on the calendar to usher in a new year.

All of us at Radio PA and PAMatters.com wish you a happy and safe New Year!

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Radio PA’s “Countdown 2016” – The Top 10 PA Stories of the Year

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This is “Countdown 2016” a one-hour retrospective on the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year, as voted on by the Radio PA news staff.

Radio PA’s Brad Christman and WITF-Harrisburg’s Scott LaMar review the top 10 and offer insight and analysis on the stories and names that shaped 2016.

All of us at Radio PA and PAMatters.com wish you a very happy, safe and prosperous new year!

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Radio PA Roundtable – December 23-26, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we bring you a special holiday edition, with just a smidgeon of politics, as the 58th Electoral College convenes at the state capitol to cast Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Then, it’s on to holiday themes as we discuss toy safety and bring in Governor Tom Wolf to talk about Christmases past and present.

All of us at Radio PA and PAMatters.com wish you a happy and safe holiday season. Be good to one another, not just during the holidays, but also year-round.

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Ask the Governor – December 2016

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This edition of “Ask the Governor” was taped Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 and includes conversations with the governor on…

-The Unemployment Compensation center layoffs
-A budget preview for FY 17-18
-Eliminating state jobs
-Property taxes
-An update on the opening of 45 “Centers for Excellence” for opioid addiction treatment
-listener/web viewer emails and much more…

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Experimenting with Hope – A Radio PA Documentary

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Pennsylvania enacted a medical marijuana law earlier this year and that has been the greatest gift of all this holiday season for families of children suffering from severe seizure disorders.

In this special Radio PA documentary, “Experimenting with Hope,” you’ll meet two of these families and the children who are already benefitting from this statutory change in the Keystone State. Radio PA was invited into their homes this year, where we met Lolly and her daughter Anna, and Dana and her daughter Lorelei. Hear about their longtime struggles to counteract the severe seizures that disrupted every facet of their lives and the uphill battles to simply be heard by their elected representatives. You’ll also hear from the Republican lawmaker largely credited with breaking the ideological logjam on this issue in Harrisburg, state Senator Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon), who has formed an powerful and emotional bond with these families.

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