Recorded 11-29-17 in Harrisburg. Topics include: circumstantial evidence in a case where an 11-year old was convicted of murdering his pregnant stepmother, search warrant probable cause affidavit and whether a mistake in an address invalidates the warrant, Whistleblower Law and whether the award of noneconomic damages is excessive, a motion to suppress evidence that applies […]
Archives for November 2017
PA Supreme Court Session from Nov. 28
Recorded 11-28-17 in Harrisburg. Topics include: an executive order signed by Gov. Tom Wolf allowing state home care workers to unionize, general consent to search a vehicle stopped by police and whether that consent extends to a drug-sniffing canine called in to conduct a further search, high income child support guidelines, song lyrics that threaten […]
PA Press Club with Corrections Sec. John Wetzel
PA Press Club with Corrections Sec. John Wetzel. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
Journalists Roundtable: November 16, 2017
With the 2017 election and budget impasse in the rear view mirror, attention turns to the 2018 gubernatorial and Congressional elections, and other legislative matters before the House and Senate. The Commonwealth Finance Agency has approved borrowing $1.5 billion against revenue from the tobacco settlement, new gambling licenses are being issued, and the $200 million in proposed fund transfers from PA Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association is again being contested, as that organization has sued to maintain its existence. If they choose not to transfer the money to the General Fund, a new law disbands this medical malpractice insurer of last resort on Dec. 1. Our guests this week are: John Finnerty, Harrisburg Bureau Chief for Community Newspaper Holdings; Jason Gottesman, with MyPLS, Harrisburg Bureau Chief of The PLS Reporter; and R.B. Swift reporter with Capitolwire. Our host is Brian Lockman.
Focus on Aging Adults: PA Lottery
The state recently pass a gambling expansion bill allowing for online gaming. On this month’s edition of Focus on Aging Adults we will explore what the gaming expansion means for the state lottery fund, which benefits older Pennsylvanian’s.
PA Books: “Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father”
Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than […]
Journalists Roundtable: November 9, 2017
Statewide elections were held Tuesday to fill seven vacancies on three statewide appellate courts: one on Supreme, four on Superior and two on Commonwealth. Five Democrats and two Republicans prevailed – all of them women. Also passing was a statewide referendum to allow the General Assembly to pass a bill enabling 100 percent of the value of a homestead property to be exempt from property taxation. Those and the ramifications of other elections will be discussed. Our guests this week are: Sam Janesch, staff writer with LNP, Chris Potter, reporter with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Dave Davies, senior reporter with WHYY-FM, Philadelphia. Our host is Brian Lockman.
PCN Remembers: Frederick Anton, 1934-2017
Frederick Anton III was the Chairman of the PA Manufacturer’s Association (PMA) Board of Directors. Born in Philadelphia in 1934, Anton lived in southeast PA all of his life. He was a graduate of Haverford High School, Villanova Univeristy, and the Villanova School of Law. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. […]
PCN Remembers: Jimmy Tayoun, 1930-2017
Jimmy Tayoun was a former Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council and Representative of the PA House. He passed away due to a heart attack on the morning of Nov. 1st, 2017. Tayoun had been a sportswriter, restaurateur, city councilman, state representative, federal prison inmate, and newspaper publisher, according to The Philadelphia Daily News. […]
PA Books: “George Washington: A Life in Books”
Based on a comprehensive amount of research at the Library of Congress, the collections at Mount Vernon, and rare book archives scattered across the country, Kevin Hayes reconstructs in vivid detail the active intellectual life that has gone largely unnoticed in conventional narratives of Washington. Despite being a lifelong reader, Washington felt an acute sense […]