The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura focuses on the statewide employee shortage across all job sectors with  Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry President, Luke Bernstein. While it's easy to blame the shortages on the Covid pandemic, employee numbers we...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura discusses one of the most critical shortages confronting the Commonwealth:  the shortage of volunteer firefighters.  State Fire Commissioner Thomas Cook discusses the impact that this shortage is already having and what he's doi...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura speaks with Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans about the opening of Firearms Deer Hunting Season.  The PGC will be out in force, overseeing the thousands of hunters who take to Penn's Woods each season...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura shines the spotlight on the Address Confidentiality Program of the Pennsylvania Office of Victim Advocate.  It's a state-funded service that gives victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and stalking an o...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations. On this special episode, Laura speaks with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about his first year in office.  The 50-year old is the 48th Chief Executive of Pennsylvania and has faced a myriad of challenges, right out of the gate, including a major train d...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura sits down with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Al Schmidt to discuss the 2024 Presidential Primary.  There's a move afoot among some state lawmakers to move the primary from its current date of April 23rd, 2024 to an e...

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, the spotlight shines on Puppy Mills in Pennsylvania.  What are they and what's being done to raise awareness to this awful industry?  Laura sits down with a leading advocate in the war against Puppy Mills and buying dogs at pet...

The 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 discusses issues related to farming, farmland preservation, food banks and food insecurity in the Keystone State with the Secretary of the PA Department of Agriculture, Russell Redding.   Then, we focus in on the issue...

The 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 sits down with Pat Halpin-Murphy, Founder and President of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition.  Since her diagnosis and successful treatment of Late Stage III Breast Cancer, Pat has dedicated her life to helping P...

The 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 week's Show, Laura delves into the world of school transportation.  You've no doubt seen school buses rolling down the roads in your community, transporting children of all ages to and from school or school-related activitie...

The 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 week's Show, Laura discusses recruitment efforts with Trooper Lt. Adam Reed, Director of Communications for the Pennsylvania State Police.  There's been a major new change to the recruitment process for PSP Cadets and it&apo...

The 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 week's Show, Laura is joined by J.R. Waltemeyer, Director of the Address Confidentiality, which is operated out of Pennsylvania's Office of Victim Advocate.  Its mission is to represent, protect and advance the individual an...

The 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 week's Show, Laura takes on the topic of domestic violence in Pennsylvania, as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  She's joined by Kristen Herman, Director of Prevention Services with the Pennsylvania Coalition Ag...

The 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 week's Show, Laura is joined by PA Treasurer Stacy Garrity, discussing her efforts to return unclaimed funds, property, and military medals and other decorations to Pennsylvanians or their family members.  There's also a conv...

The 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 week's Show, Laura is joined by members of the Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy, located at Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County, PA.  This is a new educational opportunity for PA students ages 14-18 who are having problems in s...