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Ask the Governor – April 2015
Ask the Governor is back! This is the debut appearance for Governor Tom Wolf on Radio PA’s Ask the Governor program. Click below to listen to the entire program and watch for video clips from the show here on PAMatters.com. Topics for Governor Wolf’s first Ask the Governor appearance include:
-The budget and the governor’s tax proposals
-The Open Records office
-Attorney General Kathleen Kane
-The death penalty moratorium
-Cabinet nominee controversies
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Radio PA Roundtable – March 13-15, 2015
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Governor Tom Wolf talks about his state budget and legislative budget hearings are underway in Harrisburg.
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Radio PA Roundtable – December 19-21, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we bring you the latest development in the ongoing controversy involving an undercover sting operation that was dropped by state Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams is now squarely in charge of the case and announced charges against two sitting state lawmakers this 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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Radio PA Roundtable – November 14, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Radio PA’s Brad Christman is joined by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Brad Bumsted. Topics include the recent legislative elections, new leadership in the Republican caucuses in Harrisburg, the pornographic email scandal in Harrisburg, Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s mysterious car accident and political corruption in Pennsylvania.
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 – July 18, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Governor Tom Corbett responds to the Attorney General’s report on the Sandusky investigation; the PA Fish & Boat Commission says it is understaffed; and are we more vulnerable to earthquakes in PA now? See the full U.S.G.S report and maps here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1091/
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 – May 9, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we devote the half-hour to coverage and commentary on an explosive state house committee meeting Wednesday that included a walkout by Democratic panel members. At issue: the effort by conservative State Representative Daryl Metcalfe to impeach the Democratic state Attorney General, Kathleen Kane.
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 – March 21, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, you’ll hear from Governor Tom Corbett who was in our studio this week for his monthly appearance on Radio PA’s Ask the Governor program. Radio PA’s Brad Christman and Governor Corbett discuss the controversy over Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s decision to drop an investigation of Philadelphia lawmakers and other officials allegedly caught on tape accepting cash and other gifts. We’ll also hear from the governor on some trials and tribulations at the state game commission, transportation funding (when will those dollars start fixing the roads?) and a multitude of other topics.
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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Pennsylvania Attorney General Bows Out on DOMA
It’s the state Attorney General’s job to defend the constitutionality of PA laws in court when they are challenged. Such a challenge is now underway by the ACLU regarding Pennsylvania’s version of DOMA – the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans gay marriage in the Commonwealth.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane says, however, she will not defend that law on behalf of the state, instead turning the case over to Governor Tom Corbett’s lawyers. Kane says she believes the law to be unconstitutional and therefore cannot ethically defend it. She says any lawyer – herself included – has a fundumental obligation to withdraw from a case when there is disagreement with the client.
Kane says her office is empowered to turn cases over to the Governor’s Office of General Counsel and have them litigate cases when the Attorney General determines that is in the best interest of the Commonwealth.
Kane’s announcement Thursday drew praise from the left, as supporters of gay marriage gear up for the ACLU’s lawsuit against the Commonwealth, but state Republican Chairman Rob Gleason had a different take:
“The people of Pennsylvania elect citizens to carry out constitutional responsibilities based on the tradition that no one is above
the law,” Gleason said in a relased statement. “It is unacceptable for Attorney General Kathleen Kane to put her personal politics ahead of her taxpayer-funded job by abdicating her responsibilities.”