On The Issues: PA Hospitals Fee Increase with Hospital & Healthsystem Assoc. of PA

Hospitals statewide pay a fee that opens the door for additional funds for their operation.  The fee, called the Quality Care Assessment, amounts to $220 million, paid every year.   Governor Wolf wants to raise the fee by 60%.  Andy Carter, President and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of PA, says such an increase […]

PA Primary Results with Jack Hanna, PA Democratic Party, Chair

One of the more interesting races in Pennsylvania’s primary yielded an extremely rare occurrence:  an incumbent lieutenant governor losing re-election.   The rise of winner John Fetterman, congressional races, U.S. Senate and state legislative races, are viewed through the lens of the state Democratic party’s chairman, Jack Hanna.

PA Primary Results with Val DiGiorgio, Republican Party of PA Chairman

Val DiGiorgio was made chairman of the state Republican party last year.  He says part of his job is to get the southeastern part of Pennsylvania to show the same kind of enthusiasm for Donald Trump that other parts of the state had back in 2016.   He reviews primary election victories and disappointments, and his […]

Truckers’ Turnpike Lawsuit

There’s a lawsuit pending that could have consequences for anyone who drives the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  Two trucker associations say the tolls they’ve paid are supposed to be spent exclusively on the operation of the turnpike.  They say that’s not the case, and they want their money back.  Frank Botta, Immediate Past President of the Transportation […]

PA Primary Results

Berwood Yost, Director of the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin and Marshall College,  explains the results of Pennsylvania’s primary election, and what they mean for the general election in November.  The Republican race for governor, both sides of the ticket for lieutenant governor, U.S. Senate, and congress are the main focus.

PA Primary Preview

Christopher Borick, Director of the Institute of Public Opinion at Muhlenberg College, explains who’s running in the most competitive races for U.S. House and U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania’s primary.   Besides picking their favorite candidates,  voters will face another challenge.  The May 15 primary will be the first election using the new congressional district maps […]

Bibiana Boerio, Democrat for Congress

Bibiana Boerio is a former car industry executive who’s been the chief of staff for a former congressman, and Interim President of Seton Hill University.    She wants to help all Pennsylvania communities have access to broadband service, improve the Affordable Care Act, and address prescription abuse of opioids.   District 14 is in the southwestern corner […]

Susan Wild, Democrat for Congress, District 7

Susan Wild is a lawyer and was the first female solicitor of the city of Allentown.   She supports labor unions, wants to make college education debt-free,  and she wants to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for the opioid abuse crisis.   District 7 is in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania. 

Guy Reschenthaler, Republican for Congress, District 14

Guy Reschenthaler is a state senator who did military service prosecuting terrorists in Iraq.  He wants to ban “bump stocks”, the gun modification that enables rapid-fire, and is touting himself as a “new voice for Washington.”  District 14 is in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania, and includes Washington, Greene, part of Westmoreland, and Fayette counties. 

John Joyce, Republican for Congress, District 13

John Joyce is a dermatologist who worked at a stateside naval hospital during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  He says the experience made him aware of the sacrifice of veterans, so he wants to improve the VA system.  He also wants to get rid of Obamacare, and put in its place a new system […]