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The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 66 - 1/12/2025The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Powering Pennsylvania. That was the theme of the 2025 Pennsylvania Farm Show. With annual revenue totaling $132B, the impact of the work farmers do in this commonwealth cannot be overstated. Agriculture touches every single Pennsylvanian, since we all must eat and find places to live that take us out of the elements! And when you factor in the many other segments of the agricultural industry, from production forestry, to science and technology, to backy...2025-01-1329 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 65 - 1/05/2025The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Pennsylvania is one of only four states in the nation with a full time state legislature. The 203 house members and 50 state senators receive the third-highest annual salary in the nation, behind only California and New York state. But when when ranked by productivity, the Pennsylvania General Assembly is near the bottom of the list nationwide. Representative Perry Stambaugh of the 86th District, which includes all of Perry County and parts of Juniata Coun...2025-01-0630 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 64 - 12/29/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. An end-of year wrap up featuring clips from previous episodes from 2024.2025-01-0629 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 63 - 12/22/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On November 3rd this year, Daylight Saving Time ended and nearly all Americans turned their clocks back one hour, to adjust to standard time, lapsing the country into longer days of darkness, but marginally earlier sunrises. But when Lebanon County Republican State House member Russ Diamond enters his sixth term in January, representing the 102nd legislative district, one of his first official pieces of business will be advocating to get Pennsylvania out of...2024-12-2330 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 62 - 12/08/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. For many high school seniors in the Keystone State, this is the time of year when they begin receiving early acceptance letters to college. However, with the thought of college comes the reality of paying for it. That's where many students struggle. But there is an alternative, and it's called Community College. Pennsylvania has 15 Community Colleges in the state, and they are no longer considered a choice of last resort. Dr. John Siegie...2024-12-1030 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 61 - 12/01/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Firearms Deer Hunting has begun and there is much to be excited about. In an extended interview with the new Executive Director of the PA Game Commission, Stephen Smith discusses some of the the issues facing hunters these days, including the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease within Pennsylvania's White Tail Deer herd. There are some things that every hunter should know about CWD, and at least a few precautions that should be tak...2024-12-0329 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 60 - 11/24/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. The illegal entry of two animal rights activists onto a Northumberland County mink farm October 19th has once again put the fur industry in the spotlight. Is it ethical? Is it profitable? Is there even a demand for natural mink fur nowadays? Since the 1950's, the Richard H. Stahl Sons Farm in Sunbury has been raising and harvesting mink. But the farm has been under constant attack by animal rights activists who've cut t...2024-11-2530 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 59 - 11/17/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. With a full 25% of Pennsylvanians living in rural communities, can a new center devoted to bridging the gap in healthcare education and services for the Commonwealth's rural and underserved communities make a difference in the overall health of the people who live there? It's a novel, groundbreaking center that will not only study ways in which health disparities affect the folks living in rural PA, but will implement also new programs and he...2024-11-1929 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 58 - 11/03/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity wants another four years in office. As the first Republican to hold the post in 16 years, she's hanging her reelection efforts on what she calls "record-breaking" accomplishments modernizing the office, improving the 529 college savings plan, and by returning hundreds of millions in unclaimed property and funds that have been sitting in the state vault for years. She's facing a challenge from Democrat Erin McClelland, who appeared on the Co...2024-11-0430 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 57 - 10/27/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. With just a few days left until the November 5th election, what do the latest trends in polling show for the two most consequential races in Pennsylvania, the presidential election and the race for U.S. Senate? The Commonwealth Beat's political contributor, Dr, Christopher Borick of Muhlenberg College in Allentown will weigh in. The Commonwealth Beat spotlight will also shine on one of the more unfortunate occ...2024-10-2830 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 56 - 10/20/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Schools across Pennsylvania took part in activities to celebrate National School Lunch week (Oct. 14-18), with state and federal officials fanning out to schools across the Commonwealth, touting the U.S. commitment to feeding America's youth during their school years. On this episode, a brief discussion about the importance of school lunches with USDA Deputy Under Secretary, Cindy Long. Also on this episode, a conversation about employment opportunities for women wit...2024-10-2829 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 55 - 10/13/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Among the statewide races that will be on the ballot November 5th is the race for PA Treasurer, pitting incumbent Republican Treasurer Stacy Garrity against Democratic challenger, Erin McClelland. After a surprise win in the Democratic Party primary in May, McClelland has spent the summer criss-crossing the state to make herself, and the office of PA Treasurer, better known. She discusses her candidacy and the reasons she believes Pennsylvania needs a change at...2024-10-1629 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 54 - 10/6/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. As a result of the widespread devastation affecting a 500 mile swath through ten southern states, the American Red Cross has mobilized a massive response to Hurricane Helene. There are currently well over 100 emergency shelters open, offering refuge and respite to families and individuals devastated by the disaster left in the storm's wake. But without reinforcements, the Red Cross volunteer ranks will be depleted long before the disaster recovery is complete. So the call...2024-10-0729 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 53 - 9/29/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is the new, statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura speaks with Eric Epstein, former Chairman of Three Mile Island Alert about the proposed restart of the Unit-1 nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island. A deal made headlines across the nation last week, when parent company Constellation Energy announced they were restarting the shuttered facility and would sell all the energy generated from the plant for Microsoft, to fuel their AI needs. What are the implications of thi...2024-10-0130 min
The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 52 - 9/22/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. This spring, the Democrats and Republicans running for their party's nomination for the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General were profiled. There were five Democrats and two Republicans. From that field, voters elected Eugene DePasquale as the Democratic Party nominee, while Republicans elected Dave Sunday. Fast forward four quick months, and the pair is embroiled in a contentious race in which the central focus is whether the Attorney General needs to have courtroom experience as a pros...2024-09-2330 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 52 - 9/22/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. This spring, the Democrats and Republicans running for their party's nomination for the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General were profiled. There were five Democrats and two Republicans. From that field, voters elected Eugene DePasquale as the Democratic Party nominee, while Republicans elected Dave Sunday. Fast forward four quick months, and the pair is embroiled in a contentious race in which the central focus is whether the Attorney General needs...2024-09-2330 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 51 - 9/15/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. It's been over 50 years since the Pennsylvania Lottery began operations, and things have certainly changed! More games, bigger jackpots, different ways to purchase tickets are just some of the changes that have come about. Hear more about the Pennsylvania Lottery from Lottery Commission Executive Director, Drew Svitko. What's ahead, and who's getting all that money? Drew has the answers!Have you ever thought about writing "the Great American novel?" For most people, the pros...2024-09-1830 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 50 - 9/8/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. There's a shortage of sports officials in this country, and Pennsylvania is not immune. So if there's no one overseeing the games, especially at the junior and senior high school levels, what will become of interscholastic sports? Dr. Robert Lombardi, Executive Director of the PA Interscholastic Athletic Association will discuss that shortage, as well a a number of other issues confronting scholastic sports. In the PA-mazing segment, we'll take a trip to Leban...2024-09-0930 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 49 - 8/25/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. If you're a person of a certain age, you might remember America's Bicentennial in 1976. The USA is coming up on the next milestone in the American timeline, the Semiquincentennial, marking the nation's 250th birthday! On this episode, we'll discuss what's in store in Pennsylvania, the cradle of American independence, with Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America250PA. That's the organization established by the PA General Assembly back in 2018 to oversee the Keystone State's celebration. 2024-08-2830 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 48 - 8/18/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. While the song, "Mr. Sandman" is a lighthearted tune about drifting off to sleep and having sweet dreams, the reality is that 1 in 10 Americans suffers from chronic insomnia. However, there are precious few substantive studies on the issue of chronic insomnia. But that's about to change, with an extensive study set to launch on behalf of the National Health Institutes, the largest funder of medical research. $8.5M is being invested into an international study led...2024-08-1929 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 47 - 8/11/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. The American Red Cross routinely sees declines in blood collections during the summer, in one part of the country or another. However, to experience a decline across every state where the Red Cross collects blood has officials extremely worried, especially since the Atlantic hurricane season ramps up. Laura Burke, Executive Director of The American Red Cross-Greater Pennsylvania region discusses the ramifications of this blood shortage, and why they're asking every available donor to roll up th...2024-08-1229 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 47 - 8/04/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Does it seem like every road you want to drive on is currently being worked on by PennDOT contractors? You're not imagining things, there's a lot of road construction all throughout the Commonwealth! PennDOT Safety Specialist Fritzi Schreffler will explain why there's so much work going on, and when, if ever, it will end. Also, she discusses Winter Seasonal positions available with PennDOT.Then, have you ever wondered how competitive eaters are able t...2024-08-0529 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 46 - 7/28/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Is Governor Josh Shapiro the "odds-on favorite" to be the choice of Kamala Harris, in the current VEEP-Stakes underway in the Democratic Party? Former PA Lt. Governor Mark Singel thinks so, and will explain why. He'll also discuss his latest book, "Seeking Truth in America." Then, in a paranormal PA-mazing segment, we'll head to Johnstown, where community members will be putting on the 2nd Annual "Squonkapalooza," which honors the mythical, northern Pennsylvania woodla...2024-07-3030 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandLaura LeBeau with Jess Zimmerman: From the Farm to the Grand Ole Opry and BeyondSend us a textShe started as a young singer at the Lebanon Area Fair's Talent Show, and now she routinely performs on stages up and down the East Coast and in Nashville. Jess Zimmerman sits down with WiLBuR Radio's Laura LeBeau to talk about her life and burgeoning career! From raising and showing dairy cows at the local county fair, to writing songs, winning awards with her band and playing the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Jess Zimmerman breaks it all down. 2024-07-2438 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 45 - 7/21/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump July 13th in Butler, PA, most Americans have dialed down their political rhetoric, at least for the time being. On this episode, reaction to what happened to Trump from PA Democratic Party Executive Director, Mitch Kates.From the halls of academia, Muhlenberg College Political Science Professor and Polling Director, Dr. Chris Borick discusses the plight of President Joe Biden and his...2024-07-2329 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 44 - 7/14/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, we get a "behind the headlines" look into the miraculous rescue of "The Quecreek Nine." They were the team of nine coal miners who accidentally penetrated an underground wall separating an abandoned, flooded mine adjacent to the active coal mine they were working in during the evening hours of July 24, 2002 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Bill Arnold is the dairy farmer, under whose farm the Quecreek Mine existed. For nearly four d...2024-07-1530 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 43 - 7/07/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On the long Independence Day holiday weekend, a "Best of" edition. First, from last October, a conversation with PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, discussing farms, farmers, farmland preservation, and what the Commonwealth is doing about food insecurity. Then, from last November, a conversation with State Fire Commissioner Thomas Cook, discussing his efforts to boost the volunteer firefighting ranks in Pennsylvania. 2024-07-0929 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 41 - 6/23/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Completed suicides in the U.S. number upwards of 46,000 annually. It's one of the highest suicide rates among the world's wealthiest nations and is made even more grim when one factors in who those victims are. Over 6,300 are veterans, and almost exclusively male vets. But the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Administration has long been working to stem this awful tide. The latest effort is a community-based program called Operation S.A.V.E. In...2024-06-2429 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 40 - 6/16/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. As Pennsylvanians get their tents, sleeping bags and other camping gear in order for summertime adventures, the PA Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources is ramping up its message about fire safety in Pennsylvania's forest lands. DCNR forest firefighters deal with about a thousand forest fires each year, the vast majority of which are caused by humans, not sky-to-ground lightning strikes. Mike Kern, DCNR Forest Fire Prevention Chief will discuss wildfires in PA, and what every...2024-06-2430 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 39 - 6/09/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. With school now out for the summer, there are some 21 million children in this country who are at risk of not getting enough to eat during June, July and August. But a new federal program is trying to address the problem, and Pennsylvania is participating. It's known as a summer EBT program, or electronic benefit transfer......... offering $40 a month to every child who qualifies for free or reduced-cost breakfast and lunch at school. It's being...2024-06-1129 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 37 - 5/26/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. With Memorial Day long considered the "unofficial" start of summer, and kids soon out of school for the summer, many Pennsylvanians are gearing up for summer vacations and travel. That gives rise to the possibility of accidents and other types of trauma situations that may require blood transfusions. And that's where the the American Red Cross steps in, supplying most of the nation's blood supply. But it's a daunting task every day, because there are...2024-06-0328 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 38 - 6/2/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. "You're so bossy!" If you've heard that before and took it as criticism, particularly if you're female, then you'll want to hear author Kristle Markle-Temons, whose new book, Beautifully Bossy: A Guide to Servant Leadership was just released. She is a renowned Central PA leadership consultant who is challenging women to live their most authentic lives and take the reins of leadership. But not just any kind of leadership, servant leadership. How...2024-06-0329 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 36 - 5/19/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Clean energy is Pennsylvania's largest energy sector, with nearly 70,000 workers. That makes clean energy the eleventh largest energy efficiency sector in the nation. In a new book just out, author Bob Keefe argues America is in the midst of the biggest economic revolution in generations, and embracing it is not going to bring about the demise of this nation or its citizens. In the PA-mazing segment, it's off to Erie Coun...2024-06-0329 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 35 - 5/12/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and one of the few "silver linings" from the Coronavirus pandemic is a greater recognition in this country about mental health. World class athletes and celebrities are speaking openly about their mental health issues and there's greater understanding in society that mental health needs to be seen as a priority in one's health. Dr. Matthew Hurford, President & CEO of UPMC's Community Car...2024-05-1330 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 35 - 5/12/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and one of the few "silver linings" from the Coronavirus pandemic is a greater recognition in this country about mental health. World class athletes and celebrities are speaking openly about their mental health issues and there's greater understanding in society that mental health needs to be seen as a priority in one's health. Dr. Matthew Hurford, President & CEO of UPMC's Community Care Behavioral Health Organization discusses issues sur...2024-05-1330 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 34 - 5/05/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Nurses are the frontline of patient care in medicine, whether at your family physician's office, assisting surgeons in the operating room, or acting as visiting nurses helping our senior and homebound community members. There are currently some four million nurses working in the U.S. , which equates to one in every 85 Americans. Laura speaks with Stephen Ferrara, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners about the state of nursing, as America embarks on Nat...2024-05-0628 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 34 - 5/05/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. Nurses are the frontline of patient care in medicine, whether at your family physician's office, assisting surgeons in the operating room, or acting as visiting nurses helping our senior and homebound community members. There are currently some four million nurses working in the U.S. , which equates to one in every 85 Americans. Laura speaks with Stephen Ferrara, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners about the state of...2024-05-0628 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 33 - 4/28/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, a conversation with Alexandra Shaykevich of The Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog group that recently published a report concerning the billions of dollars in tax incentives offered to plastics manufacturers. While the incentives are used as the carrot to dangle in front of these multi-national conglomerates, the report shows there's virtually no upside to the states. Pennsylvania has learned that lesson the hard way, offering over a billion dollars to Royal Dut...2024-04-2930 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 33 - 4/28/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, a conversation with Alexandra Shaykevich of The Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog group that recently published a report concerning the billions of dollars in tax incentives offered to plastics manufacturers. While the incentives are used as the carrot to dangle in front of these multi-national conglomerates, the report shows there's virtually no upside to the states. Pennsylvania has learned that lesson the hard way, offering ove...2024-04-2930 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 32 - 4/21/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings two more Democratic State Attorney General candidates forward to discuss their qualifications and the issues related to that office. In the first interview, former Philadelphia Chief Public Defender Keir Bradford-Grey discusses her views on the numerous "quality of life" issues the state's top prosecutor should be tackling. She would be the first Black attorney general and the first attorney general with primarily public defender experience in Pennsylvania history. Then, Nort...2024-04-2211 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 32 - 4/21/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings two more Democratic State Attorney General candidates forward to discuss their qualifications and the issues related to that office. In the first interview, former Philadelphia Chief Public Defender Keir Bradford-Grey discusses her views on the numerous "quality of life" issues the state's top prosecutor should be tackling. She would be the first Black attorney general and the first attorney general with primarily public defender experience in Pennsylvania history. Then, Nort...2024-04-2211 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 31 - 4/14/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings another of the Democratic State Attorney General candidates forward to discuss his qualifications and stances on many of the issues confronting that office. Bucks County attorney Joe Khan has an interesting back story that includes inspiration from a man who would go on to the U.S. Presidency. Khan is one of five Democrats seeking the party nomination for the general election this fal...2024-04-1530 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 31 - 4/14/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings another of the Democratic State Attorney General candidates forward to discuss his qualifications and stances on many of the issues confronting that office. Bucks County attorney Joe Khan has an interesting back story that includes inspiration from a man who would go on to the U.S. Presidency. Khan is one of five Democrats seeking the party nomination for the general election this fall. Also on this epis...2024-04-1530 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 30 - 4/07/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura continues her series of interviews with the candidates running for PA Attorney General in the April 23rd Primary Election, with PA GOP-endorsed candidate Dave Sunday. He is the sitting District Attorney for York County and wants to take his focus on safe communities from one south-central Pennsylvania county to the entire Commonwealth. He outlines other priorities, as well, during this interview. Also in t...2024-04-0830 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 30 - 4/07/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura continues her series of interviews with the candidates running for PA Attorney General in the April 23rd Primary Election, with PA GOP-endorsed candidate Dave Sunday. He is the sitting District Attorney for York County and wants to take his focus on safe communities from one south-central Pennsylvania county to the entire Commonwealth. He outlines other priorities, as well, during this interview. Also in this episode, the League of Wome...2024-04-0830 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 29 - 3/24/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings Part 2 of her interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey. As one of the foremost researchers of cannabis in Pennsylvania, Dr. Vrana shared his concerns about possible legalization of adult-use marijuana in Part 1, and how specific breeding of the plant has caused TH...2024-03-2529 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 29 - 3/24/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura brings Part 2 of her interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey. As one of the foremost researchers of cannabis in Pennsylvania, Dr. Vrana shared his concerns about possible legalization of adult-use marijuana in Part 1, and how specific breeding of the plant has caused THC levels to rise to extreme le...2024-03-2529 minThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeauThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 28 - 3/17/2024The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura begins the first of the two-part interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey. He understands marijuana at the molecular level, and has great concerns about the THC levels that currently exist in medical marijuana, and would likely increase, once recreational marijuana is legalized. He also discusses the side effects of...2024-03-2028 min
Wilbur Radio On DemandThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 28 - 3/17/2024Send us a textThe Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this episode, Laura begins the first of the two-part interview with Dr. Kent Vrana, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Medical Marijuana Research Group at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey. He understands marijuana at the molecular level, and has great concerns about the THC levels that currently exist in medical marijuana, and would likely increase, once recreational marijuana is legalized. He...2024-03-2028 min
ScottChurch American PhotographerBonus episode, Scott on the radio with Laura LeBeau on WLBRTalking about the Kate Middleton photoshop controversy with Laura LeBeau on WLBR 1270 am.2024-03-1941 min