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Ask the Governor – September 15, 2014
Ask the Governor is a monthly presentation of Radio PA and PAMatters.com featuring Governor Tom Corbett. This is the program for September, taped on 9/15/14. Topics include the governor’s reaction to the assassination-style shootings of a State Police Corporal & Trooper over the weekend, the federal approval of his Healthy-PA plan, his desire to call a special legislative session on public pension reform in January if he’s re-elected, Common Core, his “Penn State problem” and much more, including some campaign-related questions as this is the governor’s final appearance on Ask the Governor before the November 4th vote.
We are working on securing First Lady Susan Corbett for our October show, and Governor Corbett returns, post-election in November. Check back regularly with PAMatters.com for updated program information. 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 – August 8, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Governor Tom Corbett stops by for his August taping of “Ask the Governor. We’ll bring you excerpts of that conversation dealing with Philadelphia school funding, a controversy involving his former education secretary and the downgrading of PA’s credit rating by Moody’s. Also, Penn State football practices started up this week and the start of the 2014 season is only 3 weeks away. You’ll hear from new Head Coach James Franklin.
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 – August 4, 2014 (AUDIO)
Ask the Governor is a monthly presentation of Radio PA and PAMatters.com featuring Governor Tom Corbett. This is the program for August, taped on 8/4/14. Topics include the temporarily-stalled proposal to authorize a cigarette tax in Philadelphia to fund public schools; the governor’s former Education Secretary who’s still on the payroll; the state budget’s potential impact next year; the ongoing push for pension reform; the Moody’s downgrade of PA’s credit rating and much more, including listener and web viewer emails.
Our next program will be coming up on September 15th. Check back regularly with PAMatters.com for updated program information. 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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Ask the Governor – July 11, 2014 (AUDIO)
Ask the Governor is a monthly presentation of Radio PA and PAMatters.com. This is the program for July, taped on 7/11/14…just one day after the governor announced line-item vetoes of some funding for the state legislature. He discusses that move in-depth and also updates us on pension reform, efforts to privatize state liquor stores, Medicaid, the efforts to levy a cigarette tax for Philadelphia city schools, his response to the Attorney General’s report on the Sandusky investigation, non-budget bills he recently signed into law and much more. The governor also expresses some candid thoughts on why he’s having so much difficulty working with a state legislature run by his fellow republicans.
Our next program will be coming up on August 4th. Check back regularly with PAMatters.com for updated program information. 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 – June 27, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, it’s crunch time for state lawmakers as the state budget deadline fast approaches (Monday night at midnight). We’ll bring you the wrangling that’s taken place this week after the House passed a controversial $29.1 billion spending plan. Also, we have the Reverend Frank Schaefer in studio as an appeals panel rules on attempts by the United Methodist Church to defrock him after he officiating the gay wedding of his son.
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 – June 20, 2014
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we bring you highlights from Governor Tom Corbett’s visit on Tuesday of this past week for his monthly Ask the Governor program. Topics include the state budget, pension reform, the Highmark/UPMC battle in western PA, the one-day SEPTA strike last weekend and much more.
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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