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Corbett Pleased with Recent Bipartisanship, Eager for More
While addressing upcoming talks of pension reform, on Radio PA’s Ask the Governor program, Tom Corbett emphasized that pensions are a bipartisan issue. “There has been an outbreak of bipartisanship as far as I am concerned, not only in Harrisburg but across Pennsylvania,” he continued. Gov. Corbett cites bipartisan votes on a host of budget-related […]
Bike Ride Raises Obesity Awareness
The “Capitol to Capitol – ONE Ride” took 30-bicyclists and more than a dozen volunteers from the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg to the US Capitol in Washington DC this week. “Yesterday my legs were pretty sore,” Kim Razzano said of the 155-mile trek. But the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Health, Physical Education, […]
Radio PA Roundtable 07.13.12
Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week. Professionally produced and delivered every Friday, Roundtable includes commercial breaks for local sale and quarterly reports for affiliate files. Click the audio player below to hear the full broadcast: [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/witfaudio/radiopa/Roundtable07-13-12.mp3]
PSU Independent Investigation Report Released (Update)
From 1998 – 2011, former FBI Director Louis Freeh says the “tone at the top” of Penn State was “completely wrong.” Freeh was tapped by the Penn State Board of Trustees, last November, to conduct an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. More than seven months later, Freeh […]
Officials Mull State Park Smoking Ban Pilot
Visitors’ complaints about cigarette butts on lakes and beaches have the Bureau of State Parks considering a smoking ban pilot program. “We have swimming beaches at many of our beautiful state parks with our lakes, and often you have these cigarette butts washing up. You have cigarette butts in the sand,” explains Department of Conservation […]
Tuition Increase for State System Schools Kept Around Inflation Rate
After the state budget kept funding level for the 14 state owned universities, the board of governors is keeping the tuition increase around the rate of inflation for the upcoming academic year. Tuition will rise by 3%, marking the 5th time in the last 8 years the State System of Higher Education has held the […]
Radio PA Roundtable 07.06.12
Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week. Professionally produced and delivered every Friday, Roundtable includes commercial breaks for local sale and quarterly reports for affiliate files. Click the audio player below to hear the full broadcast: [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/witfaudio/radiopa/Roundtable07-06-12.mp3]