Tom Riese
Harrisburg Reporter at WESA-FM (Pittsburgh, PA)
Harrisburg reporter @905wesa, Pittsburgh NPR | prev @wviatvfm |[email protected]
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wesa.fm | Tom Riese
State lawmakers in Harrisburg rebuked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday, denouncing disparaging comments he made recently about autism. At a press conference last week Kennedy said the condition “destroys families,” and children diagnosed with it “will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem.
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wesa.fm | Tom Riese
An Allegheny County state House member has assembled a bipartisan coalition around food health, one that focuses on concerns about highly-processed foods and the dangers of pesticides. And while Natalie Mihalek has proposed some of those ideas in the past, she says the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has put them in the spotlight.
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2 days ago |
wesa.fm | Tom Riese
Public transit advocates last month warned that proposed cuts to Pittsburgh Regional Transit routes would create “an absolute crisis.” But a Pittsburgh state senator says there’s opportunity for southwestern Pennsylvania counties to address transit needs by thinking bigger. Democratic Senate leader Jay Costa says what has worked in the Philadelphia area could benefit the public transportation users and economies in and around Pittsburgh.
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3 days ago |
wesa.fm | Julia Maruca |Chris Potter |Tom Riese |Julia Zenkevich
Judicial races don't generate much buzz, but this year what they lack in intensity they make up for in volume. A total of eight seats on the Allegheny County's Common Pleas are up for grabs, thanks to a slew of retirements this year, and 22 candidates are seeking to fill them. Combined with an earlier eight-seat contest in 2021, well over one-third of the county's bench will have turned over in just the past four years.
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1 week ago |
wesa.fm | Tom Riese
The Governor’s Mansion in Harrisburg was targeted Sunday in an arson attack — hours after the family of Josh Shapiro celebrated Passover. And while there has been little evidence about the suspect’s motivation, some state lawmakers worry the timing is not coincidental.
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A state House bill that originally sought to relieve some Pennsylvanians’ medical debt now has a different goal: making it easier for those in need to access health care financial-aid programs. https://t.co/G8BWnPTMlN
The Pennsylvania Senate passed two Republican-backed bills focused on crime – one that would reduce the amount of discretion local judges have on bail decisions, and another that requires prosecutors to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. https://t.co/Az0t8idKER
PA ranks 45 out of 50 in per-capita public defense spending. Advocates are asking the legislature to double funding in next year’s budget. https://t.co/mMzZtca92q
