Oct 26: PA Senate Agenda

Senate Health & Human Services Chair Michele Brooks and Minority Chair Art Haywood will join us to discuss the Pennsylvania Senate agenda and the latest news from the Health & Human Services Committee. Minimum wage, mental health services and opioid addiction were also discussed.

October 27: PA Opioid Addiction

Ellen DiDomenico, Deputy Secretary for the Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs and Steve Ross, Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Department of Drug & Alcohol Programs joined us to discuss opioid addiction in Pennsylvania.

October 18: PA House Agenda

Representative Robert Freeman, Democratic Chair of the Local Government Committee and Representative Jerry Knowles, Republican Chair of the Local Government Committee will joined us to discuss what the legislature and their committees are working on. This PCN Call-in Program aired Monday, October 18 at 7 PM.

October 19: Redistricting

Former Lt. Gov. Mark Singel and Committee of Seventy President and CEO David Thornburgh will join us to discuss upcoming redistricting in PA. 

October 20: COVID-19 Vaccines

Cheryl Schlamb, President of the PA Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Rob Shipp, Vice President of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of PA will join us to discuss COVID-19 vaccines. Call in with your questions or comments LIVE to 1-877 PA6-5001.

October 12: School COVID Policies

Noe Ortega, Secretary of the PA Department of Education, and Sherri Smith, Deputy Secretary in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the PA Department of Education, will join us to talk about school COVID policies. Substitute teachers, school bus driver shortages and child care were also discussed.

October 13: PA Transportation

Yassmin Gramian, Secretary of the PA Department of Transportation, will join us to discuss the proposed tolling plan and road and bridge infrastructure. Call in with your questions or comments LIVE to 1-877 PA6-5001. 

October 4: State System School Consolidation

In July, the PA State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors approved the restructuring of six of the state-owned universities into two regional campuses, Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, President of Clarion University, and Bashar Hanna, President of Bloomsburg University, are tasked with the consolidation process in the West and North East of the state.

October 5: Economic Impact of COVID-19

Gene Barr, President and CEO of the PA Chamber of Business & Industry, and Rick Bloomingdale, President of the PA AFL-CIO, will join the Call-In Program to discuss the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

October 6: School COVID Policies

During the past year and a half, Pennsylvania’s schools, students, and teachers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting how and where school is taught. Our guests, Wayne McCullough, Executive Director of the PA Association of School Business Officials, and Edward Albert, Executive Director of the PA Association for Rural and Small Schools, will […]