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SATURDAY: PIAA Track & Field State Championships
Live web coverage starts Saturday at 9am. On-air coverage starts Saturday at 5pm.
Watch Online: Local Governments in Distress
This month’s episode focuses on municipal pensions. Watch the full series online here.
Gettysburg 150th: Web-exclusive coverage
This week, learn more about places to visit when you go to Gettysburg.
New Series: Courts 101 with Judge Stevens
In the premiere episode, PA Superior Court President Judge Correale Stevens talks about the role of a judge and more.
SAVE THE DATE: Monday, September 30th
Watch your favorite state legislators play softball for a good cause.
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Upcoming Programming
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PIAA Track and Field Championships: Newsome has another golden moment
Brookville’s Lanae Newsome certainly didn’t need any luck in winning the state AA long jump competition. Her leap of 18 feet, 1¾ inches was more than enough for her to earn the gold medal at Seth Grove Stadium.
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Sunday at 9PM: “Keystone Tombstones: Volume Two”
(VIDEO) In “Keystone Tombstones: Volume Two” Joe Farrell and Joe Farley explore the cemeteries (and pubs) of Pennsylvania in search of interesting graves and stories about the interred. Those featured include Milton S. Hershey, Fred Rogers, and Saints Katharine Drexel and John Neumann.
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May 23: Journalists Roundtable
(VIDEO) Guests on this week’s Journalists Roundtable are Brad Bumsted of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Karen Langley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and R.B. Swift of Times-Shamrock Communications. Journalists Roundtable airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
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May 22: State Pensions
(VIDEO) Earlier this month Gov. Tom Corbett appeared with Rep. Chris Ross and Sen. Mike Brubaker to formally introduce bills that address the $47 Billion unfunded state pension liability. Jeffrey Clay, Executive Director of the Public School Employees’ Retirement System, and Richard Dreyfuss, Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation, discuss the state’s pension situation.
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May 22: State Pensions with Rep. Chris Ross
(VIDEO) Back in February, Gov. Corbett announced his plan to move new state hires into a defined contribution plan, similar to that of a 401(k) plan. Rep. Chris Ross, taking the lead in the House, says the plan will be “a little unpopular.”
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May 21: PA Politics
(VIDEO) Pete DeCoursey, Bureau Chief at Capitolwire.com, and Jim Hoefler, Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College, appear to talk about the latest activity in state politics. We’ll look at how the 2014 Governor’s race is shaping up, and the big issues being considered during the final weeks of the spring legislative session.
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May 21: Court Records Storage with Sen. Matt Smith
(VIDEO) State government still has some catching up to do when it comes to the most efficient and up-to-date methods for storing its records. Sen. Matt Smith’s bill authorizes the use of optical imaging, an electronic scanning and storage process, for the preservation of Pennsylvania’s court records.
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May 20: PA Press Club with Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa
(VIDEO) Sen. Costa is currently serving his 5th term in the Pennsylvania Senate. He has been the Minority Floor Leader since November of 2010.
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May 20: Local Government
(VIDEO) On the eve of Municipal Primary elections, we’ll have representatives of the County Commissioners Association of PA, the PA State Association of Township Supervisors, and the PA State Association of Boroughs to discuss issues of interest to local governments.
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May 20: Mass Transit Funding with Joseph Casey
(VIDEO) Many commuters in the Philadelphia area rely the on the bus, subway, trolley, and train system of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to get to work in and around Pennsylvania’s largest city. SEPTA’s General Manager, Joseph Casey, recently made a trip to the Capitol to impress on lawmakers the importance of state funding to help with overdue maintenance.
Featured Sports
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PIAA Track and Field Championships: Newsome has another golden moment
Brookville’s Lanae Newsome certainly didn’t need any luck in winning the state AA long jump competition. Her leap of 18 feet, 1¾ inches was more than enough for her to earn the gold medal at Seth Grove Stadium.
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Keystone Rugby Conference Finals
The finals in the Keystone Rugby Conference are set. The University of Pittsburgh hosts St. Joseph’s University LIVE on PCN this Saturday, April 13th at 5:00 p.m.
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PIAA Class AAAA boys basketball: Lower Merion dethrones 2-time defending champ Chester
Lower Merion finally gained a measure of revenge Saturday night against Division 1 rival Chester.
The Aces made up for a 14-point loss to the Clippers in this year’s district championship game and a 26-point setback in last year’s PIAA title game by rolling to a 63-47 victory over two-time defending Class AAAA champions in the boys’ championship game. - More from Featured Sports
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4:00 pm PA Press Club with Sen Jay Costa -
4:45 pm Journalists Roundtable -
5:15 pm Battle of Gettysburg Commemorative Stamp Unveiling -
5:45 pm Weather World
