9/5/19: Skyrocketing drug prices, Medicaid in Pennsylvania, and the PBM problem
It's Thursday, September 5, 2019. In today's episode: * A state audit has found that for-profit pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have likely been overcharging Pennsylvania's Medicaid program for...
5 Sep 201910min
9/4/19: Greening city-owned buildings through a new "net-zero" emissions plan
It's Wednesday, September 4, 2019. In today's episode: * From the City-County Building to the hundreds of warehouses, community centers, emergency stations, and more, the Peduto Administration is m...
4 Sep 20197min
9/3/19: A potential "landmark" court case years in the making could reshape Pennsylvania education funding
It's Tuesday, September 3, 2019. In today's episode: * From the early 19th century "pauper schools" to today's mixed state-and-local education funding, despite various reform measures in between, t...
3 Sep 201911min
8/30/19: The calculated moderation of Rep. Conor Lamb, a "Blue Wave" success, is frustrating some voters in his district
It's Friday, August 30, 2019. In today's episode: * Back in his home district for August recess, freshman Democratic Congressman Conor Lamb's careful moderation has faced an impatient progressive b...
30 Aug 201910min
8/29/19: Around the world, and in Pittsburgh, pushback against Roundup as a suspected carcinogen
It's Thursday, August 29, 2019. In today's episode: * Hundreds of parents of students at Pittsburgh Public Schools are calling on the district to stop using Roundup, the leading weed killer, whose...
29 Aug 201910min
8/28/19: On the benefits and costs of school shooter drills
It's Wednesday, August 28, 2019. In today's episode: * As PublicSource's Brittany Hailer has reported, schools across the county are spending thousands of dollars to hold role-play trainings where...
28 Aug 201910min
8/27/19: The Pennsylvania Amish vote and the PAC working to turn it out
It's Tuesday, August 27, 2019. In today's episode: * Though members of the Amish community are only a handful in the grand scheme of the United States, their politics — whether or not they choose t...
27 Aug 201912min
8/26/19: Dick's gun sales figures and suburban support for reform
It's Monday, August 26, 2019. In today's episode: * Polling showing an appetite for gun control in American suburbs, including in Pennsylvania, comes as Pittsburgh-based retailer Dick's shows its r...
26 Aug 20198min
