Radio PA Roundtable – May 2, 2014

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Governor Tom Corbett stops by for his monthly taping of “Ask the Governor” and talks about his opposition to medical marijuana. It would be perhaps the final time the governor publicly opposed all forms of the treatment, as on Thursday he reversed his position on a cannabis oil extract to treat children with severe seizure disorders. The governor also addresses lagging state revenue collections and the ongoing wait for an answer from Washington DC on his alternate proposal for Medicaid expansion dollars.

Also this week, Radio PA’s Cathy Clark interviews a Holocaust survivor as Pennsylvania marks Holocaust Remembrance Week.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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Ask the Governor – April 30, 2014 (AUDIO)

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Ask the Governor is a monthly presentation of Radio PA and PAMatters.com. This is the program for April, taped on 4/30/14. Topics include the Medicaid, state revenue shortfalls, medical marijuana, liquor proposals, the same-sex marriage lawsuit and more.. The governor also fields a multitude of emails from listeners and web viewers on topics ranging from using dead trees to help the poor to out-of-state vehicle license and registration deadbeats.

Our next program will be taped on May 27th. Submit your questions or comments for the governor today by clicking the Ask the Governor link at the top of this page.

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 25, 2014

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, F&M College political analyst Dr. Terry Madonna stops by to talk about the final weeks of the Democratic primary race for governor and how a maverick challenge on the Republican side could foreshadow Governor Tom Corbett’s November election fate. Also, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Radio PA’s Rick Becker speaks with the PA Coalition Against Rape about how the Jerry Sandusky scandal changed everything.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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Bonus Clips from the Tom Wolf Interview on Radio PA Roundtable

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Brad Christman’s interview with Tom Wolf this week ran long, so here are bonus clips that could not be included in the April 18th edition of Radio PA Roundtable.

Tom Wolf talks more about his time as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Revenue under Governor Ed Rendell:


Wolf talks about being classified as “the rich guy” in the 2014 campaign:

Wolf talks more about the major issues, including recent attempts to privatize PA Lottery management and the state liquor system:

 

The Pennsylvania Primary Election is May 20th.

 

Radio PA Roundtable – April 18, 2014

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we continue our series of interviews with the candidates vying to be Pennsylvania’s next governor. This week, Democratic candidate Tom Wolf joins us in studio to discuss his background, the controversy over his largely self-funded campaign and what he would do as Pennsylvania’s next governor.

Also, look for bonus clips of the Tom Wolf interview here on PAMatters.com.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable – April 11, 2014

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we continue our series of interviews with the candidates hoping to be Pennsylvania’s next governor. This week, we introduce Republican Bob Guzzardi, who is attempting to mount a maverick  campaign against incumbent Governor Tom  Corbett. A judge is currently mulling Guzzardi’s ballot fate following a 2-day hearing last week, as challenges were filed to his petitions and over his late filing of a financial disclosure form to the state ethics commission.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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