Education has been a priority for Gov. Tom Wolf for his last four budget addresses. Senate Education Committee Chairs, Sen. John Eichelberger, and Sen. Andy Dinniman, talk to us about the budget and how education funding factors in.

It’s estimated that nearly 90,000 grandparents in Pennsylvania are raising their grandchildren because their parents are unfit or unable to raise the children themselves. On this episode of Focus on Aging Adults, we’ll discuss the growing epidemic of grandparents raising grandchildren with guests from AARP of PA, the State House of Representatives, and Penn State University.

In the aftermath of shootings across the nation, more steps are being taken to try and protect students. Rep. Warren Kampf, R- Chester, and Rep. Madeleine Dean, D- Montgomery, talk about legislation they would like to see enacted to better equip schools to deal with these kind of threats.

The final weeks of the budget are upon us. Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming, and Rep. Pete Schweyer, D-Lehigh, members of the House Appropriations Committee, talk to us about how the process and negotiations are coming along. They tell us what to expect in the final product.

In this final month before the budget deadline, negotiations between the General Assembly and Governor continue. Darren Smith, Senior Associate, and Steve Crawford, President of Wojdak Government Relations, let us know about the process, and the issues that are going to be most important to getting this budget done on time.

The state Senate debated a redistricting measure Tuesday that would create an 11-member redistricting commission, and added an amendment that would have the commission draw statewide appellate judicial districts for the first time in state history. New Congressional districts were drawn by the state Supreme Court for the 2018 Primary Election after they overruled maps […]

In April, the PA Department of State told counties to have new voting systems in place by end of 2019. Senate State Government Committee Chairs, Sen. Mike Folmer and Sen. Anthony Williams, and Douglas Hill, Executive Director of the County Commission Association of PA, tell us what it’s been like working on getting the new […]

Nested in the heart of the Laurel Highlands, Somerset borough is easily accessible from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Somerset is known as American’s County. They received this designation by President George Bush, after offering support in wake of two tragedies, the Flight 93 crash and Quecreek mine rescue. 

The official first day of Summer is June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere. Fred Gadomski, and Jon Nese, Hosts of Weather World, come on our show to talk about the Summer months ahead, and what to expect in our forecasts.

In the wake of school shootings throughout the country, the PA House Judiciary Committee met to discuss options to make our schools safer for children. Rep. Ed Gainey, D-Allegheny, and Rep. Jeff Pyle, R-Armstrong, talk to us about their proposal’s of how to make schools a safer environment.