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Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  A new report out this week details some very disturbing findings regarding students of color at the Commonwealth's public universities.  They're facing racial harassment, racial stereotypes and all out racism on their campuses, m...

Send us Fan Mail The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is a statewide Public Affairs program airing on all Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, the importance of Agriculture in Pennsylvania.  Hear PA Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, Governor Josh Shapiro and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack discuss the importance of the work done by the Commonwealth's farm...

Send us Fan Mail 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 drug addiction with a noted expert on the subject, Dr. Deirdre Dingman, who teaches this very subject at Temple University in Philadelphia.   Then, a much lighter subject in the PA-mazing segment, actually...

Send us Fan Mail 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 the prospect of the General Assembly raising the state minimum wage, as 22 other states did, effective January 1st.  Currently, the Pennsylvania minimum wage sits at the same rate as the federal government&...

Send us Fan Mail 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, em...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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, includin...

Send us Fan Mail 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 w...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 b...

Send us Fan Mail 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 2...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with Republican Lebanon County Commissioner Bob Phillips, as he seeks re-election to one of the 3 seats up for election this year.  Phillips has served three terms (12 years) on the board, most of them as the Chairman County Commissioner.  He is...

Send us Fan Mail In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with Democrat Lebanon County Commissioner JoEllen Litz, as she seeks reelection for another term.   Litz is a lifelong Lebanon County resident who has served as a County Commissioner for one term from 1996-2000, and consecutive terms from 2004 t...

Send us Fan Mail  In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with local attorney Donna Long Brightbill, the Republican candidate for the open seat on the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas.   This year's election of a new judge will be historic, in that the winner of the election will be the first...

Send us Fan Mail In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with local attorney Megan Ryland Tanner,  a registered Republican who cross-filed during the primary election and won the Democratic Party Primary for the open seat on the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas.   This year's election of a ne...

Send us Fan Mail In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with Republican Lebanon County Commissioner Mike Kuhn, as he seeks election to a 4 year term.    Kuhn was appointed by Lebanon County's President Judge John Tylwalk in early 2022 to fill the remainder of the unexpired term of Bill Ames, who...

Send us Fan Mail In advance of the November 7th election, WLBR's Laura LeBeau, host of "Talk of the Town," conducted a one-on-one interview with Democrat Lebanon County Commission candidate Michael Schroeder, as he seeks election to one of the 3 seats up for election this year.  Schroeder is a retired professor of history and has an extensive record of community service with several...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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-...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Pennsylv...

Send us Fan Mail 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 hav...

Send us Fan Mail 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&a...