Each year, Radio PA counts down the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year as voted on by the newsroom staff and other members of the statewide media. In story #6, the governor rubs a magic lamp but the genie doesn’t grant all of his wishes…
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Each year, Radio PA counts down the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year as voted on by the newsroom staff and other members of the statewide media. Story #7 takes the countdown through a tragic turn as a Philadelphia demolition project goes horribly wrong…
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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we continue our series of interviews with the Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to challenge incumbent Governor Tom Corbett in the 2014 gubernatorial election. On this program, you’ll meet Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz.
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Each year, Radio PA counts down the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year as voted on by the newsroom staff and other members of the statewide media. Today, we continue with story #8 and some big changes coming to a bar or tavern near you very soon…
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Each year, Radio PA counts down the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year as voted on by the newsroom staff and other members of the statewide media. Today, we continue with story #9 and the slumping poll numbers for a governor heading into a re-election year.
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Each year, Radio PA counts down the top 10 Pennsylvania stories of the year as voted on by the newsroom staff and other members of the statewide media. Today, we kick it off with story #10 and the bizarre viral internet rants of a former Schuylkill County police chief who has an affinity for high-powered weaponry and no love for the “left.”
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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we continue our series of interviews with the Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to challenge incumbent Governor Tom Corbett in the 2014 gubernatorial election. On this program, you’ll meet Congresswoman (and former state Senator) Allyson Schwartz.
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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we present the rebroadcast of a December 2010 interview with Pennsylvania native Hank Heim, USAF Retired. Major Heim was at among those who faced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor first-hand and he tells his amazing story of survival. This weekend marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack on December 7, 1941.
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After years of describing the situation as a crisis, lawmakers in the state House finally approved a comprehensive funding plan for roads, bridges and mass transit in Pennsylvania late Tuesday.
The favorable vote came just one day after the House rejected the same proposal. PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch says he believes some lawmakers reconsidered the impact of their negative votes overnight and that led to a change of heart for 6 Republicans and 2 Democrats.
Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) said he changed his vote after being reassured the bill would keep changes to reduce laborers’ pay on smaller public works projects, and that the Senate would further amend the measure to reduce the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s current borrowing load. One House GOP aide suggested that deal had yet to be sewed up.
The plan would provide about $2.3 billion annually, and includes increased fees and the removal of a cap on a wholesale gasoline tax. A block of Republican lawmakers had opposed those revenue generators, while a group of Democrats objected to demands by the GOP for prevailing wage reform. In the end, the bill had a little bit to make everyone unhappy, but not enough to stop a majority of lawmakers from approving the much-needed funding plan.
The vote is also a much-needed victory for the Corbett Administration, which lobbied hard to get lawmakers to pass a funding plan for road and bridge repair and mass transit. The failure of this major initiative had been hanging over the governor’s head on the eve of a re-election campaign in 2014.
The plan now goes to the Senate, which passed a similar proposal last June. Senate leaders were planning to meet Wednesday morning to discuss the legislation.
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, trying to help in the typhoon-raved Phillipines; debate over a controversial endangered species bill; and the state House wastes more time.
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