Radio PA Roundtable – May 13-15, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania has conducted a survey that puts numbers on the pain caused by the long state budget impasse; local cops may be one step closer to being able to use radar for speed enforcement; and Radio PA’s Rachel McDevitt goes behind the fences at the state prison at Benner (Centre County) to learn more about the treatment for Pennsylvania’s mentally ill inmates.

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Radio PA Roundtable – May 6-8, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Uber & Lyft are a step closer to regulatory approval in Pennsylvania; Governor Tom Wolf hits the road to talk about Pennsylvania’s problems with opioids; and state lawmakers look to make changes to the small games of chance laws.

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 29-May 1, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we recap the Pennsylvania primary elections from Tuesday and look ahead to some key matchups in the fall.

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 22-24, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we gear up for Tuesday’s primary election by bringing you a recap of the series of interviews conducted with the candidates for the democratic nomination for United States Senate.

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Senate Spotlight: Pennsylvania

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This is “Senate Spotlight: Pennsylvania,” an exclusive presentation of Radio Pennsylvania. This one-hour program features interviews with candidates running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate who registered at least 5% in a recognized statewide poll.
Incumbent U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was also invited to participate in the program, but his campaign declined our requests for either an in-studio or telephone interview.

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U.S. Senate Candidate Profiles

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For those of you who listened to Radio PA’s special “Senate Spotlight: Pennsylvania,” here are the links to the complete and unedited interviews with Joe Sestak, Katie McGinty and John Fetterman. Click on their names below to hear the interviews.

Pennsylvania’s primary election is this Tuesday, April 26th.

Joe Sestak

Katie McGinty

John Fetterman

Radio PA Roundtable – April 15-17, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, a medical marijuana bill now sits on Governor Tom Wolf’s desk; a state lawmaker takes on distracted driving; and lawmakers want to make it easier on schools during a state budget impasse, but is their effort really a veiled attempt to make it easier on them when they don’t do their jobs?

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 8-10, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, the state House of Representatives is poised to vote on an abortion restriction bill; Governor Tom Wolf signs executive orders dealing with nondiscrimination; and U.S. Senator Pat Toomey pushes for more security for airliner cockpits.

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 1-4, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, a special report from Radio PA’s Rachel McDevitt examines why it is so difficult to get reliable gun violence statistics you can trust; Dr. Terry Madonna from F&M College stops by to talk about Pennsylvania’s relevance in this year’s presidential primaries; and a Pennsylvania expert offers perspective on a deadly month of March on the world terrorism stage.

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Radio PA Roundtable – March 25-27, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, a special edition featuring another in our series of profile interviews with the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. This week, meet John Fetterman, the Mayor of Braddock, PA.

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