Matt Drozd, Republican for Allegheny County Executive

Matt Drozd is a businessman and a former Allegheny County councilman.  He describes himself as a “political moderate, but a fiscal conservative.”  He believes the six years he spent in the Air Force Reserve can help him consider complex security threats as Allegheny County Executive.  He says the incumbent Rich Fitzgerald is a caretaker that […]

PA Nuclear Power Plants with Citizens Against Nuclear Bailouts

Exelon Corporation, the owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, says the plant’s been losing money for years, and they’re planning on shutting it down this year.  Lawmakers say they have a plan that could keep TMI open, and benefit the industry as a whole.  But a coalition called “Citizens Against Nuclear Bailouts” […]

Fred Keller, Republican for Congress, District 12

When Congressman Tom Marino unexpectedly resigned his seat in Pennsylvania’s District 12, he made it necessary to have a special election to replace him.  His successor will complete his term.  Republican Fred Keller is running in the special election that will take place the same day as the primary in May.  He’s been a member […]

Megan McCarthy King, Republican for PA Superior Court

Pennsylvania’s Superior Court hears cases that involve children and families.  As an appellate court, it overrules a  decision only if an important legal error was made in the trial court.  Superior Court is often the final arbiter of a legal dispute. Megan McCarthy King is a Deputy District Attorney in Chester County, and a former […]

Opioid Addiction Legislation with Sen. Gene Yaw

As Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Senator Gene Yaw presided over public hearings on the subject of addiction to opioids.   The testimony he and his colleagues heard helped shape legislation that has been enacted by the governor.   However, the senator says it took years to get into the […]

Opioid Prescriptions with Jonathan Marks, Penn State University

Jonathan Marks, Director of the Bioethics Program at Penn State University, says a recent study concluded that the marketing of opioids was connected to writing more prescriptions for the drug, and causing more deaths from overdose.  He says that court records suggest that doctors who met with opioid sales reps were ten times more likely […]

Opioid Addiction Treatment with Rep. Doyle Heffley

The concept of a “warm hand-off” means making sure a person who has been rescued from a drug overdose gets into a recovery program.  Rep. Doyle Heffley, Republican from Carbon County, wants emergency professionals to share their rescue information so a qualified person can visit the patient, after they get home, to discuss treatment options.  […]

PA Nuclear Power Plants with Rep. Tom Mehaffie, Monday at 8pm

Times are tough for some nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania.  After five years of no profits at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, the owner, Exelon Corporation, announced plans to shut down TMI this year.  The Beaver Valley nuclear plant near Pittsburgh faces a similar fate in 2021.  But Rep. Tom Mehaffie, a co-chairman of the […]

Transportation Funding with PennDOT, Tuesday at 8pm

Anyone with a history of having driven on the Pennsylvania Turnpike knows tolls have gone up several times in the last ten years.   But according to PennDOT Secretary Leslie Richards, the turnpike has so much debt, that tolls will continue to rise – every year – until 2044, in order to pay it off.   Another […]

Replacing Voting Machines with PA Dept. of State, Monday at 8pm

Counties have been ordered by the governor to buy new voting machines that create a verifiable paper trail in order to ensure the integrity of elections.  Each machine could cost $25,000, and the deadline for their being in service is 2020.  During her recent state budget hearing, Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth, told senators […]