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Pennsylvania Game Commission Sets Seasons, Bag Limits
Ground hog and coyote kick off hunting season in July and the Pennsylvania Game Commission has set the dates and bag limits for the 2012-13 hunting and trapping seasons. Hunting licenses will go on sale in June. There are no major broad-based changes, but spokesman Jerry Feaser says there are some added benefits, including […]
Mixed Reviews for Soft Roll-Out of Voter ID Law
Tuesday was billed as a trial run for Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law. Photo identification was supposed to be requested – not required – at the polling place. While the ACLU of Pennsylvania was not actively looking for problems, legislative director Andy Hoover did notice several signs suggesting photo ID was required. “It led to […]
Kathleen Kane Takes Democratic Nomination for Attorney General
Pennsylvania has never elected a Democrat to be state Attorney General. Pennsylvania has never elected a woman to be state Attorney General. With one more victory in November, Kathleen Kane could invalidate both of those statements in one fell swoop. Kane won the Democratic nomination for Attorney General on Tuesday, coming out on top in […]
Tom Smith Wins GOP Nomination for U.S. Senate
He didn’t have the state party’s endorsement or the approval of Governor Tom Corbett, but self-proclaimed Armstrong County “farm boy” Tom Smith will be the Republican party’s nominee for U.S. Senate this November. Smith prevailed in a 5-man field that included the party-backed Steve Welch and former State Representative Sam Rohrer. Smith will face incumbent […]
On Line Tool Helps Assess Disaster Risk
What type of severe weather is most likely to affect the area where you live? There is an on line tool that can help answer that question during the first-ever National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. If you go to DisasterSafety.org and enter your zip code, you’ll get a list of the types of severe weather […]
Voter Turnout Expected to be Modest at Best
Most experts are predicting light voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary election. Franklin & Marshall College political science professor Terry Madonna says that’s especially the case now that former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has suspended his presidential campaign. “25 – 30% among Republicans, and maybe 20 – 25% among Democrats,” Madonna hypothesizes. “I think if it […]
Sen. Toomey Worries about Nation’s Fiscal Future
Speaking to the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters on Monday, US Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) told the crowd that America is headed down a dangerous financial path. “If we don’t get off this path, we will have a financial crisis that probably could make 2007/2008 look tame by comparison,” he explained after the speech. He’s referring […]
Ranking State Lawmakers’ Greatest Achievements
Puzzled by the disconnect between the seemingly hard work that goes on at the state capitol and lawmakers’ perpetually poor approval ratings, two Temple University interns set out to study Pennsylvania’s most important laws of the past 40-years. The results could be considered the General Assembly’s “greatest hits” album, and they’ve been published in the […]
Radio PA Roundtable 04.20.12
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Public Hearing Pending on New Legislative Redistricting Plan
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission is gearing up for a May 2nd public hearing on a new preliminary plan. Anyone who’d like to address the panel at the capitol hearing must submit a written request by Wednesday. Earlier this year, the state Supreme Court threw out the Commission’s first attempt. The revised preliminary plan was adopted […]