The Morning Agenda

By: WITF Inc.
  • Summary

  • Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your six. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth.

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Episodes
  • Josh Shapiro proposes a raise for child care workers; A solar program for low-income families needs state approval
    Feb 21 2025

    Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing major investments in child care in the next state budget.

    More than two hundred scientists, university faculty members, and health care workers gathered in Philadelphia to protest federal cuts to research.

    Centre County residents protest Elon Musk’s involvement in government.

    Two of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s longest-serving staff members are leaving his team.

    President Trump has appointed Governor Shapiro to the Council of Governors.

    Four National Park Service employees at Gettysburg National Military Park and one at Eisenhower National Historic Site lost their jobs.

    A homeless shelter that serves people in Mifflin, Juniata and Huntingdon counties may be forced to close its doors in the coming months.

    The federal Solar For All program also needs the state legislature to take action.

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    11 mins
  • A Lancaster County school district failed to properly report suspected abuse; The federal freeze on foreign aid could affect domestic research
    Feb 20 2025

    Big tech and consumer protection groups both want Pennsylvania to pass a law to define how data can be used, but they disagree on the details.

    Even though a federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to the funding freeze for USAID, some Penn State researchers say the damage is already done.

    The owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant says it is updating its emergency preparedness plans.

    Lancaster Pride’s board of directors has voted to oust its president.

    An distributor of Coca-Cola products is building a new distribution center in Lebanon County.

    Two Gettysburg museums were among those named by USA Today readers as some of the best museums across the United States.

    After an incident between two Lancaster County high school lacrosse players, no one in the school district’s administration notified state authorities, despite their status as “mandatory reporters.”

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    11 mins
  • Hundreds protest the Trump Administration in Harrisburg; Geisinger nurses strike; People with HIV reflect on living longer
    Feb 19 2025

    More than 300 people marched to the Pennsylvania Capitol Monday to protest President Donald Trump’s administration.

    Trump's executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion has prompted the National Science Foundation to review all research it recently funded to make sure they're in compliance.

    Members of Pennsylvania’s largest healthcare and nurses' union began a strike at Geisinger’s Wyoming Valley locations on Monday.

    The Lancaster County District Attorney says a city police officer was justified in fatally shooting a machete-wielding man in January.

    A large fire at an aerospace manufacturer’s facility north of Philadelphia closed schools and sparked shelter-in-place orders.

    Franklin County Crime Solvers is offering a reward for information about the theft of 100,000 eggs from a processing facility earlier this month.

    HIV survivors in Philadelphia talk about how they navigate the unexpected gift of growing older.

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    13 mins

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