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Smart Talk Tuesday: 5G explained; Wasp, cicadas and hornets
September 08, 2020

You’ve probably seen the commercials or heard talk of 5G technology that is being touted by mobile phone carriers. But what is 5G and how will be different than the 4G technology most of us are now accustomed to? In simple terms,

Smart Talk Thursday: Paid sick and family leave?; Coin shortage
September 03, 2020

Gov. Tom Wolf wants all Pennsylvania employers to offer paid sick and family leave time to their employees. Under the governor’s proposal, paid sick leave can be used to recover from an illness, for medical appointments, to care for a family member,

Smart Talk Wednesday: 75th Anniversary of the Victory over Japan
September 02, 2020

Seventy-Five years ago, General Douglas MacArthur and representatives of nine Allied nations gathered on board the battleship USS Missouri to accept the formal surrender of Japan. Although the surrender was announced on August 14,

Smart Talk Tuesday: Contact tracing app unveiled and alcohol sales up everywhere but PA
September 01, 2020

Contact tracing that is utilized to identify and inform those who have come into contact with another person who has contracted COVID-19, has been described as one of, and maybe, the best way to control spread of the virus. However,

Smart Talk Monday: COVID biggest issue according to F&M poll; TMI emergency planning scaled back; COVID-19 testing takes to the road
August 31, 2020

  The latest Franklin and Marshall College poll of registered voters released last week found that respondents consider the COVID-19 pandemic the most important problem facing Pennsylvania and may, as a result,

Smart Talk Thursday; Women in elected office after the 19th Amendment
August 20, 2020

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. The fight for women’s suffrage was a decades-long battle that took more than 70 years to win.

Smart Talk Wednesday; Pa.’s plan for mail-in voting
August 19, 2020

More Americans may be voting by mail in this fall’s 2020 presidential election rather in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump has suggested that voting by mail has potential for fraud.

Smart Talk Tuesday; Census 2020 and Pennsylvania cities raise the alarm for funding
August 18, 2020

In March, Pennsylvania homes received mailed invitations to complete the 2020 Census. The count continues and census takers are now visiting communities to collect information from residents who have not sent in the mailed questionnaire.

Smart Talk Monday; Redistricting legislation; PIAA looks to salvage fall sports; Keeping kids “safe and secure”
August 17, 2020

Next year, lawmakers will use the information obtained in the 2020 census to draw new congressional maps. Pennsylvania state House and Senate maps are determined differently; drawn by a five-member legislative commission comprised of both political par...

Smart Talk Thursday: COVID questions answered
August 13, 2020

It has been almost six months since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. Since that day at the end of February, more than five million people have tested positive for the virus with 162,000 dying from it. In Pennsylvania, more than 121,