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In this compelling episode of At the Core of Care, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of rural healthcare with Lisa Davis, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. From Pennsylvania's shifting definition of “rural” to the urgent realities of hospital closures, provider shortages, and broadband gaps, Lisa sheds light on the unique challenges and promising innovations reshaping care in rural communities. Listeners will learn how community health workers, telehealth, and local investment transform access, while Medicaid policies and healthcare consolidation continue to shape the future. Lisa reminds us that rural health isn't just a policy issue—it's the backbone of our food, economy, and daily lives.

School safety is more important than ever, and empowering students to speak up can make all the difference. Safe 2 Say Something is a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Brittney Klein, Program Director of Safe 2 Say, says this program was created in 2019 and is mandatory that every school in the state participates. “The primary mission of this program was actually developed to avert school violence. It was developed to prevent afterschool violence in that a student, if they see something or hear something, either in school or on social media or just in talking with friends, that they can actually report it to us anonymously without any judgment or any questions.” The office soon realized after launching the program that the program did more than prevent school violence. “It actually became a program that would take a lot of steps geared toward mental health concerns among students, whether it's actually for themselves or for others. So, a lot of our top tip types that we actually receive are actually geared towards mental health concerns of our students. Since it’s launch in 2019, the program has had a huge impact on community and the schools in Pennsylvania. “I can safely say that we have averted potential school shootings through intervention and collaboration with police in our schools, and that was based off of threats that were received by another student who reported it to us. I can also say that we have five students who actually were considering suicide, and we were able to intervene and get students’ help in their students who were obviously struggling. And somebody else reported that they had concerns. So, we were able to intervene in that way as well. Our program continues to be a national leader of school safety, said one. We've received over approximately 170,000 tips and so on for the program.”Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode, the JSGC podcast crew continues our discussion on disability services with Yvonne and Steve. Among the topics discussed include: the importance of transportation, post-secondary school transition plans, the difficultly in retaining direct service personnel, and reducing waiting lists for services. The content of this episode is based on the report “Services to Individuals with Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, or Autism Through the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs” which is available on our website along with a one page summary. Music by Joseph McDade. Visit us at http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/

In Today's episode, the JSGC podcast crew interviews Yvonne to discuss how Pennsylvania provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Among the topics discussed include definitions of disability, how the troubled past of state-run institutions influences modern policy, and an explanation of Medicaid waivers. The content of this episode is based on the report “Services to Individuals with Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, or Autism Through the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs” which is available on our website. Please stay tuned! Part two of our discussion on disability services will be released next week as we shift our focus to the importance of transportation, direct support personnel and waiting lists.Music by Joseph McDade. Visit us at http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/

The family of a severely diabetic man, who authorities claim died due to mistreatment by a nurse overseeing his care, has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he resided. The suit alleges negligence and failure to prevent abuse that ultimately led to his death. Nicholas Cymbol, 43, was a resident at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he required around-the-clock care due to his medical conditions. He was a "brittle diabetic," experiencing large swings in blood glucose levels, and also suffered from an anoxic brain injury, blindness, and neuropathy. The lawsuit, filed by the family's attorney Rob Peirce, accuses the facility and its operator of negligence, claiming they failed to train employees to recognize and report abuse. It also alleges that they neglected to remove the nurse responsible for the mistreatment, despite multiple red flags. The nurse in question, Heather Pressdee, faces charges for administering excessive doses of insulin to patients, resulting in the deaths of 17 individuals across five different care facilities. Cymbol's family contends that Pressdee bullied and abused him, contributing to his demise. According to the complaint, Pressdee routinely insulted and berated Cymbol, preventing him from receiving proper care and nourishment. She allegedly called him derogatory terms related to his brain injury in front of other staff members and singled him out during meal times. Pressdee's behavior, as described in the lawsuit, extended beyond verbal abuse. On one occasion, she reportedly told colleagues that Cymbol "was going to be the next one to die anyway." Despite these alarming statements and actions, the facility failed to take decisive action to protect Cymbol and other residents under her care. The suit alleges that Pressdee's mistreatment of residents was not isolated to Cymbol but was pervasive throughout the facility. It claims that multiple staff members noticed suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of residents she had access to, raising concerns about her involvement. On April 30, 2023, Cymbol's condition took a severe turn when Pressdee administered an excessive dose of insulin, causing his blood sugar levels to plummet. Despite attempts to reverse the effects, she delayed calling for emergency assistance until confronted by other staff members. Cymbol was hospitalized for hypoglycemia but was discharged and returned to Sunnyview the same day. Tragically, Cymbol's condition continued to deteriorate, and he was found in a hypoglycemic crisis early on May 1. Despite efforts to save him, he passed away shortly after, with the cause of death initially attributed to a myocardial infarction. It wasn't until later that the true cause of Cymbol's death came to light. An investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General revealed that Pressdee had administered the lethal dose of insulin, leading to criminal charges against her. Pressdee's arrest and subsequent charges shed light on a pattern of alleged neglect and abuse that extended beyond Cymbol's case. She faced multiple charges of attempted homicide and neglect of care-dependent persons in connection with deaths at various facilities across Pennsylvania. The family's lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, demanding accountability for the facility's alleged role in Cymbol's death. Peirce, representing the family, emphasized the need for answers regarding Pressdee's continued employment despite her troubling behavior. Heather Pressdee's attorneys, Phil DiLucente and Jim DePasquale, emphasized that they are not involved in the civil lawsuits but acknowledged the possibility of their client pleading guilty to the criminal charges. A status hearing is scheduled for May, where further developments in the case may emerge. As the legal proceedings unfold, the family of Nicholas Cymbol hopes to uncover the truth behind his tragic death and hold accountable those responsible for the alleged mistreatment and negligence that contributed to his untimely passing. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

The family of a severely diabetic man, who authorities claim died due to mistreatment by a nurse overseeing his care, has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he resided. The suit alleges negligence and failure to prevent abuse that ultimately led to his death. Nicholas Cymbol, 43, was a resident at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he required around-the-clock care due to his medical conditions. He was a "brittle diabetic," experiencing large swings in blood glucose levels, and also suffered from an anoxic brain injury, blindness, and neuropathy. The lawsuit, filed by the family's attorney Rob Peirce, accuses the facility and its operator of negligence, claiming they failed to train employees to recognize and report abuse. It also alleges that they neglected to remove the nurse responsible for the mistreatment, despite multiple red flags. The nurse in question, Heather Pressdee, faces charges for administering excessive doses of insulin to patients, resulting in the deaths of 17 individuals across five different care facilities. Cymbol's family contends that Pressdee bullied and abused him, contributing to his demise. According to the complaint, Pressdee routinely insulted and berated Cymbol, preventing him from receiving proper care and nourishment. She allegedly called him derogatory terms related to his brain injury in front of other staff members and singled him out during meal times. Pressdee's behavior, as described in the lawsuit, extended beyond verbal abuse. On one occasion, she reportedly told colleagues that Cymbol "was going to be the next one to die anyway." Despite these alarming statements and actions, the facility failed to take decisive action to protect Cymbol and other residents under her care. The suit alleges that Pressdee's mistreatment of residents was not isolated to Cymbol but was pervasive throughout the facility. It claims that multiple staff members noticed suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of residents she had access to, raising concerns about her involvement. On April 30, 2023, Cymbol's condition took a severe turn when Pressdee administered an excessive dose of insulin, causing his blood sugar levels to plummet. Despite attempts to reverse the effects, she delayed calling for emergency assistance until confronted by other staff members. Cymbol was hospitalized for hypoglycemia but was discharged and returned to Sunnyview the same day. Tragically, Cymbol's condition continued to deteriorate, and he was found in a hypoglycemic crisis early on May 1. Despite efforts to save him, he passed away shortly after, with the cause of death initially attributed to a myocardial infarction. It wasn't until later that the true cause of Cymbol's death came to light. An investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General revealed that Pressdee had administered the lethal dose of insulin, leading to criminal charges against her. Pressdee's arrest and subsequent charges shed light on a pattern of alleged neglect and abuse that extended beyond Cymbol's case. She faced multiple charges of attempted homicide and neglect of care-dependent persons in connection with deaths at various facilities across Pennsylvania. The family's lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, demanding accountability for the facility's alleged role in Cymbol's death. Peirce, representing the family, emphasized the need for answers regarding Pressdee's continued employment despite her troubling behavior. Heather Pressdee's attorneys, Phil DiLucente and Jim DePasquale, emphasized that they are not involved in the civil lawsuits but acknowledged the possibility of their client pleading guilty to the criminal charges. A status hearing is scheduled for May, where further developments in the case may emerge. As the legal proceedings unfold, the family of Nicholas Cymbol hopes to uncover the truth behind his tragic death and hold accountable those responsible for the alleged mistreatment and negligence that contributed to his untimely passing. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

The family of a severely diabetic man, who authorities claim died due to mistreatment by a nurse overseeing his care, has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he resided. The suit alleges negligence and failure to prevent abuse that ultimately led to his death. Nicholas Cymbol, 43, was a resident at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he required around-the-clock care due to his medical conditions. He was a "brittle diabetic," experiencing large swings in blood glucose levels, and also suffered from an anoxic brain injury, blindness, and neuropathy. The lawsuit, filed by the family's attorney Rob Peirce, accuses the facility and its operator of negligence, claiming they failed to train employees to recognize and report abuse. It also alleges that they neglected to remove the nurse responsible for the mistreatment, despite multiple red flags. The nurse in question, Heather Pressdee, faces charges for administering excessive doses of insulin to patients, resulting in the deaths of 17 individuals across five different care facilities. Cymbol's family contends that Pressdee bullied and abused him, contributing to his demise. According to the complaint, Pressdee routinely insulted and berated Cymbol, preventing him from receiving proper care and nourishment. She allegedly called him derogatory terms related to his brain injury in front of other staff members and singled him out during meal times. Pressdee's behavior, as described in the lawsuit, extended beyond verbal abuse. On one occasion, she reportedly told colleagues that Cymbol "was going to be the next one to die anyway." Despite these alarming statements and actions, the facility failed to take decisive action to protect Cymbol and other residents under her care. The suit alleges that Pressdee's mistreatment of residents was not isolated to Cymbol but was pervasive throughout the facility. It claims that multiple staff members noticed suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of residents she had access to, raising concerns about her involvement. On April 30, 2023, Cymbol's condition took a severe turn when Pressdee administered an excessive dose of insulin, causing his blood sugar levels to plummet. Despite attempts to reverse the effects, she delayed calling for emergency assistance until confronted by other staff members. Cymbol was hospitalized for hypoglycemia but was discharged and returned to Sunnyview the same day. Tragically, Cymbol's condition continued to deteriorate, and he was found in a hypoglycemic crisis early on May 1. Despite efforts to save him, he passed away shortly after, with the cause of death initially attributed to a myocardial infarction. It wasn't until later that the true cause of Cymbol's death came to light. An investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General revealed that Pressdee had administered the lethal dose of insulin, leading to criminal charges against her. Pressdee's arrest and subsequent charges shed light on a pattern of alleged neglect and abuse that extended beyond Cymbol's case. She faced multiple charges of attempted homicide and neglect of care-dependent persons in connection with deaths at various facilities across Pennsylvania. The family's lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, demanding accountability for the facility's alleged role in Cymbol's death. Peirce, representing the family, emphasized the need for answers regarding Pressdee's continued employment despite her troubling behavior. Heather Pressdee's attorneys, Phil DiLucente and Jim DePasquale, emphasized that they are not involved in the civil lawsuits but acknowledged the possibility of their client pleading guilty to the criminal charges. A status hearing is scheduled for May, where further developments in the case may emerge. As the legal proceedings unfold, the family of Nicholas Cymbol hopes to uncover the truth behind his tragic death and hold accountable those responsible for the alleged mistreatment and negligence that contributed to his untimely passing. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

The phone rings and the caller claims to be from your pharmacy. The caller needs you to verify information so that your prescriptions can be filled. A flashing red message appears on your computer screen warning you about a virus and telling you to call a number for "tech support." You call and the helpful person offers to fix the computer problem if you allow them remote access. You answer some fun quizzes on social media, providing the name of your dog and your favorite vacation destination. These words just happen to be in the passwords to your bank accounts.Scams against older adults are a multi-billion dollar industry. Scammers prey on a range of powerful emotions. Knowing their tricks is how to defeat them. On this episode, Dave Shallcross from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General describes the staggering creativity of scammers so that you can protect yourself.

Do you hate hidden hotel, housing, airline, ticketing, banking, and other corporate fees? Do you want Congress to do something about them? In this episode, learn about the wide range of unreasonable fees being reported to Congress during hearings and examine what proposals could have bipartisan support. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes FTC Authority Ronald Mann. Apr 23, 2021. SCOTUSblog. Supreme Court of the United States. April 22, 2021. Junk Fee Overview Ashish A. Pradhan. 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The Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco. Cars June 23, 2022. Federal Trade Commission. Laws Bills Audio Sources July 26, 2023 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Witnesses: Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Director of Housing Advocacy, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Manager Director, Patomak Global Partners Clips Michelle Henry: In the consumer finance space, we recently filed a multi-state lawsuit against Mariner Finance, a Wall Street private equity-owned installment lender. Our lawsuit alleges that Mariner charged consumers junk fees for hidden add-on products that consumers either did not know about or did not agree to buy. These hidden add-on products, such as credit insurance and auto clubs, are typically low- or no-value products. Consumers left Mariner believing that they had entered into an agreement to borrow and repay over time a certain amount of money. In reality, because of these hidden junk fees, Mariner added hundreds to thousands of dollars to the total amount a consumer owed. The cost of the junk fees is staggering. For a random sample of loans originated in Pennsylvania in December of 2020, Mariner charged each consumer an average of $1,085 in junk fees for an average of $3,394 in cash borrowed. Michelle Henry: We also had a significant junk fee settlement in 2018 with Wells Fargo. This settlement stemmed from Wells charging its auto finance customers millions in junk fees. Despite evidence that many customers already had the required car insurance, Wells improperly charged more than 2 million accounts for force-placed insurance. To resolve the multi-state action, Wells agreed to pay states $575 million. Michelle Henry: In 2021, we announced the landmark junk fee settlement with Marriott International. For many years, travelers had been misled by the published rates offered by hotels for a night stay, only later to be hit with the mandatory resort fees when they were checking in. Thanks to our settlement, Marriott now has a policy in place to be upfront and transparent in the disclosure of mandatory fees, including resort fees, as part of the total price of a hotel stay, allowing consumers to compare total costs for hotels and find the one that is the best fit for them. Marriott was the first hotel chain to formally commit to the upfront disclosure of resort fees as part of the initial advertised price. We hope others will follow. Michelle Henry: In the end, what we are fighting here for is basic fairness and transparency. When consumers are shopping online or in person, they deserve to understand what a loan, a house, or a vacation will cost and exactly what key terms they're agreeing to. At the same time, all businesses deserve to compete on an even playing field, where the price is the price with no hidden surprise fees. Lindsey Siegel: My name is Lindsay Siegel and I'm the Director of Housing Advocacy at Atlanta Legal Aid, which provides free civil legal services to families with low incomes in the metro Atlanta area. Today, I will focus on the rental housing market and how predatory and hidden rental fees gouge families living in poverty and make their rent even more unaffordable than it already is. Miss Dixon is a single mother who found an online listing for an apartment in the fall of 2020. The advertisement said it rented for $1,400 per month. It did not list any other monthly fees she would be required to pay. She applied and paid $525 through the landlord's online portal, which covered her $50 application fee, a $175 moving fee, and a $300 screening fee, all of which were non-refundable. She was not able to see the lease or the apartment she'd be renting, but she knew if she did not pay sight unseen she would lose the apartment. And when her application was approved a few weeks later, the landlord charged her another $200 approval fee. She finally received and signed a copy of her lease just two days before she was slated to move in. It was 50 pages long and contained to eight different addenda. She had expected to pay her rent and for water. She didn't expect to be responsible for a package locker fee, a trash removal fee, a separate valet trash fee, a pest control fee, a technology package fee, an insurance fee, and a credit reporting fee. When the fees added up, $83 had been tacked on to her monthly rent. And to make matters worse, Miss Dixon's landlord did not accept the rent by cash, check, or money order. When she paid through the landlord's online portal she was charged another $72-per-payment convenience fee. The low income renters Atlanta Legal Aid represents have an extreme power imbalance with their landlords. The high demand for rental housing, especially at the more affordable end of the market, makes some landlords believe they can easily get away with unfair and deceptive lease terms and rental practices. The bait and switch Miss Dixon experienced where the landlord advertise the rent as one price only to raise it much higher with junk fees after she had spent hundreds of dollars up front is a far too common practice of many investor landlords in the Atlanta area. Low income renters like Miss Dixon become trapped. She couldn't afford to walk away from a predatory lease two days before she was supposed to move in, even if she realized it would be unaffordable. Of particular concern are the use of high application fees. They often far exceed the cost of running a report, and most renters have to pay them several times before finding a home to rent. We've heard reports that some institutional landlords even collect application fees after they've found a renter for an available home. Brian Johnson: The focus of the President's initiative has been on applying political pressure to companies to induce them to change their fee disclosure practices. In the process, the White House and supporting agencies have dismissed broad categories of fees as junk without ever providing any consistent definition of the term, which has created uncertainty as to which fees can be assessed by institutions without undue reputational or regulatory risk. Brian Johnson: The CFPB has been the most enthusiastic among regulators in heeding the President's call, indiscriminately attacking a growing list of common financial service fees, no matter that they are lawful and fully disclosed. Brian Johnson: The agency has publicly hectored companies about deposit account fees and used the implied threat of investigation to induce such companies to abandon these legal fees. Further, in addressing other fees, the CFPB appears appears to have violated its own regulations and laws governing how agencies proffer rules by disguising interpretive rules as policy statements in bulletins and issuing circulars that function as legislative rules. In another instance, under the guise of interpretation, the CFPB read a word into a statute to achieve its desired policy outcome. In still another, the agency treats the rulemaking process as a foregone conclusion, acting as though a still proposed rule has already taken effect, signaling that the agency has no interest in considering public comments, establishing an adequate evidentiary basis to support its conclusions, or considering potential changes to improve the rule. These examples demonstrate an abuse of power and the agency's disregard for process and the limits placed on it. Moreover, the CFPB's behavior subverts the authority of Congress to oversee the agency and legislate the legality of fees in our financial marketplace. Simply put, it's not playing by the rules. Lindsey Siegel: So I think the federal government does have a role to play. The CFPB could create best practices, investigate junk fees further -- especially those being charged for tenant screening reports -- could bring enforcement actions against debt collectors that engage in collection practices that violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in their collection of rental debt especially includes collection of junk fees. And certainly, you know, HUD could further study and address the disproportionate impact of these practices on renters and rental applicants of color. Lindsey Siegel: Tenants living in Atlanta have a very hard time finding a rental, finding a home, that's not owned by a corporate landlord at this point. They have bought up many properties in the Atlanta area and they always seem to be working in lockstep so that once one institutional landlord is charging a certain kind of fee then another one tends to charge it as well. Just one example of this is the proliferation of landlords charging for insurance fees, and often tenants will think that these are renters insurance because they're often called renter's insurance. But it's not like traditional renter's insurance that protects the renter and their property if it's destroyed. What it does is protect the landlord and doesn't really provide a benefit to tenants at all. And we've seen that proliferate with investor landlords in particular. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): I can't imagine any reasonable member of Congress not saying, "I want the person to know what their financial obligation is when they sign an instrument, not after they read page 10 in the fine print." Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): I'm less caught up in whether or not a trash collection fee is appropriate or not, and more caught up in, does that renter know at the point in time they're signing a lease what they're expected to pay every month? Michelle Henry: We often see things bleed over state lines and boundaries, as you are well aware, and so it's important that we work together to enforce these matters. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA): How often do these kinds of cases cross state lines? And would having federal standards against these types of hidden fees make these cases easier to bring? Michelle Henry: Almost always. And I think that's critical. Where we have been most successful is joining with our fellow states, other attorneys general, partnering with them, and including the CFPB. In December of 2020, the CFPB, with all 50 states and the District of Columbia, filed enforcement action against Nationstar mortgage, again for deceptive practices, for not being transparent when they were servicing borrowers mortgages, and as a result of that joint effort we were able to obtain a settlement of $73 million and brought aid to 40,000 borrowers. Michelle Henry: You know, the reality is a lot of times consumers get misled. So they start, they're looking on the internet, they're trying to do due diligence and look for the best price, whether it's for a hotel, a vacation, and they're in there examining it, and they get led to a certain area of a certain website thinking that's the best price. And they go down this rabbit hole where they have no idea at the end of it that the price they thought they were going to pay for a hotel stay with their family is actually far larger because of fees that they weren't prepared, were not properly advised of, and at that point, they're so far in or they never discover it. So no, I don't think they understand exactly what to be aware of. We're trying to do our best to educate but far more work needs to be done, and I applaud this committee for working on it. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA): If more federal agencies had the authority to address these hidden fees, how would that affect your office's capacity? Michelle Henry: It would help tremendously. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA): Thank you so very much. Michelle Henry: If history is any lesson, we know that they can't be trusted to act in the best interest of consumers on their own. Look, they're in the business of making money for their shareholders and we need robust consumer protection rules and enforcement to ensure that. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): So what we're talking about here is not the "what," it's the "how." And I for one do not think that the regulator's who have demonstrated pushing the boundaries of their authority, giving them more authority is a good idea if we're coming up with a real bipartisan sustainable solution. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): The problem we have here too, when we transfer power out of Congress to another branch, yes, that changes every four years or so. So you may be thrilled with a regulatory regimen that comes out from the CFBP today, but because of the way they behaved, it'd be one of the first things I would work to repeal if the administration changed and withdraw it. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): I'd like to submit for the record a letter from the Consumer Bankers Association on the subject. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): Mr. Johnson, can you talk about the effect of the method that the CFPB is using to go after this and the impact that it can have, the negative implications that has? Is the CFPB's tendency to name and shame business institutions to avoid certain practices or adopt new ones effective regulation? They're not really thinking through the full impact and all the potential unintended consequences. Can you think of any example under this current leadership of the CFPB where they have taken that into consideration? Can you speak a little bit about the efforts and the length the CFPB goes in an effort to avoid judicial review and skirt the APA process? June 8, 2023 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Witnesses: Chief Executive Officer, National Consumers League Bruce Greenwald Professor of Business, Marketing Division, Columbia Business School George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University Clips 21:35 Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO): Simply put, these are fees that are disclosed to a consumer midway through or at the end of a transaction, or they're fees that serve no tangible purpose for a consumer, like a processing fee, and that they are mandatory or unavoidable. 28:00 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): The way I look at this issue, and the way many Tennesseans look at it, is this is another way for the FTC, the CFPB, DoT, and all these regulators to clamp down on businesses and try to micro manage businesses. 30:42 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: as a strategy where firms decide to divide a product's price into two or more mandatory parts, a base price for the main product and one or more mandatory surcharges, rather than charging a single all-inclusive price. For example, many hotels have a mandatory fee on top of the daily room rate. These are sometimes called resort fees, or facility fees, or destination fees and can range from $20 to over $50 a night. And many rental car agencies assess several mandatory fees on top of the daily rental rate, such as concession recovery fees, customer facility fees, energy recovery fees, and vehicle licensing fees. 31:20 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: In general, what research on partition pricing has shown is that when firms separate out mandatory surcharges consumers tend to underestimate the total price they'll have to pay and they're often more likely to complete the purchase. 31:50 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: With drip pricing, firms advertise only part of our products' price upfront and reveal other charges later, as shoppers go through the buying process. Drip fees can be mandatory or can be for optional items, but for today's testimony I'll focus on the dripping of mandatory surcharges. Drip pricing is commonly used in industries like the cable TV and the ticketing industries. When a consumer shops for a TV-Internet bundle from a cable television provider, they may first see an attractive base price offer for the bundle, but later learn there are also broadcast TV fees, set top box fees, regional sports fees, and TV connection fees that raise the price considerably. And a consumer shopping for a ticket for a live event, like a concert, a play, or a baseball game, typically first sees the price for different seats in the venue. After selecting a seat, as the consumer clicks through more webpages, they may come to learn there's also a mandatory booking fee, ticketing fee, venue fee, and delivery fee, even when the tickets are delivered electronically. Eventually, they see a total price that may be much higher than the first price they saw and they may be under time pressure to complete the purchase, as there might be a countdown clock that indicates they have to complete their purchase in just a few minutes. Or they may be told there's only two seats left at that price. 33:00 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: What research has shown is that when surcharges are dripped, consumers end up being more likely to buy a product that appears cheaper upfront based only on the base price, but that's more expensive and total given the drip fees. Consumers also tend to buy more expensive products than they otherwise would, such as a seat closer to the stage for a live event. 35:00 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: These policies will benefit consumers if they require that upfront stated prices must be all-inclusive. In other words, all mandatory fees must be included in the total price and that the total price should be seen upfront. This is what academic research suggests will be most beneficial to consumers. 39:20 Dr. Todd Zywicki: Everybody knows bags fly free on Southwest, everybody knows bags don't fly free on the legacy airlines, everybody knows there's going to be a fee for for bags on the other airlines and the like. Maybe there's ways you can disclose it, but nobody's fooled at this point. 42:45 Sally Greenberg: If consumers hate junk fees so much, why do companies large and small increasingly impose them? The answer is, unsurprisingly, because they are a substantial profit center. 43:20 Sally Greenberg: Late payment fees charged by banks and credit cards cost American families an estimated $12 billion annually. These fees, which can be as much as $41 for each Late Fee Payment, far exceed the cost to the issuer for processing and do little to deter future delinquent payments. 43:40 Sally Greenberg: Airlines are also poster children for junk fees. Globally, revenue from junk fees, ancillary fees in airline speak, brought in $102.8 billion in 2022. To put this in perspective, junk fees last year made up 15% of global airline revenues, compared to 6% only 10 years ago. 44:00 Sally Greenberg: Anyone who buys tickets to a concert or sporting event is well acquainted with the myriad fees. They're added at the end of the ticket buying process. We have the example that you showed, Senator Hickenlooper. Primary and secondary market ticketing companies charge service fees, order processing fees, delivery fees and other charges that increased ticket prices on average 27% for the primary market and 31% for the secondary market. 45:05 Sally Greenberg: Junk fees themselves are anti-competitive. They make comparing prices more difficult, distorting well functioning marketplaces. Honest entrepreneurs who invest in their businesses, innovate, and strive to create better value for their customers lose business. Action to address the consumer and competitive harm created by junk fees is urgently needed. 45:30 Sally Greenberg: First, we would urge you to support S. 916. It's the Junk Fee Prevention Act, which would require some of the worst abusers of junk fees to display the full price of services upfront, and they would bar excessive fees and ensure transparency. Second, we ask that Congress restore the FTC's ability to obtain strong financial penalties from wrongdoers. The Supreme Court, in 2021, overturned AMG Capital Management v. FTC, wiping out a critical enforcement tool for the commission. S. 4145, which is the Consumer Protection Remedies Act, would restore that ability to impose monetary relief to the commission. And finally, Congress must not allow businesses that trap consumers with unfair and deceptive fees to escape accountability through fine print in their contracts. To that end, we're proud to support S. 1376, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, which would prohibit pre-dispute arbitration agreements from being enforceable if they require arbitration in employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes 44:35 Sally Greenberg: Renters, for example, tend to have lower incomes than those who own their homes. These consumers are also some of the most preyed upon by abusive junk fees. A 2022 survey conducted by Consumer and Housing Advocates found that 89% of landlords imposed some rental application fees[[ clare, 8/7/2023 2:09 PM couldn't find this specific survey]], nearly as many renters paid excessive late fees and they also get hit with utility, administrative, convenience, insurance, and notice fees. 51:30 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): I'm not hearing from Tennesseans about junk fees. They're just not talking about. They are talking about real economic harm. And I think for some it's been kind of perplexing that we would focus on this issue. I even had one Tennessean say, "Well, what exactly is a junk fee? And what are the economic harms that come to people for fees for discretionary services?" 53:20 Dr. Todd Zywicki: I can't see any reason why people who pay their credit cards on time should have to subsidize people who pay their credit cards late. The evidence is clear on this from the that if you reduce late fees, more people pay late. The makes clear that if you reduce late fees, everybody ends up paying higher interest rates and, and lower income and higher risk borrowers get less access to credit. So most of what we see in the market is efficient. It prevents cross consumer subsidies and a lot of these things that are labeled as junk fees are actually just efficient multi-part pricing. 1:00:30 Dr. Vicki Morwitz: When a larger firm, or really any firm, uses hidden fees or surcharges, it doesn't only hurt consumers, but it hurts well intentioned, honest competitors like many of our country's small businesses that you're talking about. So when a larger firm makes salient a lower base price and only puts in small print or only reveals at the end of the shopping process that there are additional mandatory fees, their product offerings may appear, at least at first, to be cheaper than those of say a small business, an honest competitor who uses all inclusive prices, whose prices at least at first then, will appear more expensive, even if they're actually cheaper in total when the hidden fees of the large firm are added in. Now, research shows this is going to lead consumers to be more likely to even first consider the products and services of the larger firm who uses hidden surcharges because their products seem cheaper. In other words, their supposed low prices draw consumers in. But then having first consider their products consumers will also be more likely to stick with that firm and ultimately purchase their products, even when they're more expensive in total with the fees. So these hidden fees, they don't only hurt consumers by leading them to make purchases that are against their own self interest, but it also hurts honest competitors who are using transparent pricing practices. 1:04:10 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): One area of this high excessive fees is ticketing. We had the hearing earlier this year with the president of Live Nation/ Ticketmaster, and other witnesses and as you are aware, the facts are quite startling. It's being reviewed by the Justice Department, including 90% monopoly on ticketing for major NFL, NHL events, 80% for major arena events, and 70% monopoly when it comes to all ticketing. In addition to that, Ticketmaster now owns a number of venues and also locks in a number of other venues that they don't own with their services for in excess of seven years, which is a subject of a bill that Senator Blumenthal and I have introduced, because this locking in makes for even less competition. And then finally, Live Nation promotes the act. So it's like a three cornered monopoly. 1:12:30 Sally Greenberg: Yes, you may know that you have a baggage fee, but there are many people who are older, who have disabilities, who may have children with them; they cannot be carrying their bags onto the airplane. So they are forced to eat the cost of a $35 fee, something that used to be free before, and has jammed our airplanes full of luggage up top, creating hazards for flight attendants as well. 1:13:55 Sally Greenberg: We certainly support the Good Jobs for Airports Act. I think many consumers had no idea that a lot of these workers were not making minimum wage[[ clare, 8/7/2023 2:08 PM couldn't find a source for this.]], were relying on tips. And many people who use the wheelchairs and the curbside baggage services did not know that people were living on tip wages and many people don't tip, as some of us who've been tipped workers know. Tipping is very up and down and certainly not a reliable source of income. So yes, we very much appreciate that legislation and it's long overdue. 1:21:20 Dr. Todd Zywicki: Junk fees is a meaningless term, but it's worse than meaningless. It's actually pernicious, which is that by sort of using this blanket conclusory label, it obscures the complexity of this, the difference between trip pricing, risk based pricing, multipart pricing, partition pricing, and that sort of thing, and it kind of sweeps into one bucket things that are legitimate, things that are aren't, things that might be partially legitimate. And now it's even got more confusing because if you look at the FTC rule, for example, on auto dealers, they take things like nitrogen filled tires, they charge more money for a claim that's a junk fee. The problem with that is not that it's a separate price for nitrogen filled tires. The problem, if there's a problem, is that nitrogen filled tires are garbage, right? There's nothing there. It doesn't matter whether it's disclosed separately or bundled in the price if it's a worthless product. And so when we talk about junk fees, we can end up confusing ourselves, lumping in things because we want to just apply this label to it, whereas I think it'd be much better to understand risk based pricing. What are things where they're pricing for something that you get no value from? What are the things where they're pricing things simply to extract wealth from consumers and the like? Executive Producer Recommended Sources Music by Editing Production Assistance

Alan McGill is a Senior Supervisory Special Agent with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and currently assigned to the Office of Public Engagement. Agent McGill has been a professional investigator for over 35 years with 27 years in law enforcement. He served nearly 20 years at the Bureaus of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control with his previous assignment being a Street Supervisor and Drug Diversion Unit Supervisor. He also served as an Undercover Narcotics Agent, Drug Task Force Coordinator, Drug Diversion Agent, Computer Voice Stress Analyst, PDMP BNI Statewide Supervisor, Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program member and an "A" and "B" Technician installing wiretap equipment. Although Agent McGill's undercover experience is extensive, he is best known as a subject matter expert in Drug Diversion and is court qualified as an expert. Agent McGill routinely conducts Drug Diversion presentations and trainings for practitioners and law enforcement in Pennsylvania. Agent McGill also conducts drug diversion lectures at over 25 university practitioner programs in Pennsylvania and is a national speaker on the subject. In addition to conducting training lectures, Agent McGill also authored an article published in The Keystone Veterinary Magazine on Drug Diversion in veterinary practices and he has hosted podcasts for the Office of Attorney General that can be found on the Pennsylvania Attorney General website. Agent McGill joined NASCSA (National Association of State Controlled Substance Authorities) in 2014 serving on various committees including co-chairing the Education Committee and chairing the Executive Committee. In 2021 he was elected President of NASCSA. He also created The NASCSA Podcast and is the current producer and host. Protecting patients from injury due to drug diversion | Viewpoint https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/protecting-patients-from-injury-due-to-drug-diversion-viewpoint Wolters Kluwer acquires U.S. AI-enabled drug diversion detection software Technology leader seeks to help tackle growing drug diversion challenge in the U.S. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230607005593/en/Wolters-Kluwer-acquires-U.S.-AI-enabled-drug-diversion-detection-software  NASCSA | National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities https://www.nascsa.org/podcasts 

Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this podcast, join NRBS for our free webinars and continuing eduction series.This episode's guides all work with individuals who have both intellectual disabilities and mental health conditions. All three are involved with the National National Association for the Dual Diagnoses (NADD), a sponsor of NRBS. Beth Barol, PhD, LSW, BCB, NADD-CC started out as a direct support worker and live-in “houseparent.” She has worked as a community-based project director, residential program director, facility director and clinician. She served in the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs, as the Clinical Director for the Statewide Training and Technical Assistance Initiative, focusing on individuals with dual diagnosis. Dr Barol recently retired from Widener University where she served as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Clinical Social Work. She is trained in EMDR, Biofeedback, and Neurofeedback and is a Certified Brain Health Professional through the Amen Clinic. She was the 2020 recipient of the NADD Earl L. Loschen, MD award for clinical practice. She currently serves as co-Director of the Capacity Building Institute for Pennsylvania and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services (NASDDDS) Capacity Building Institute.Ginny Focht-New, PhD, PMH-CNS, BCB, NADD-CC, BCN has a PhD in Nursing and has been a therapist for 30 years, specializing in treating trauma. She recently retired as a Social Work Clinical Associate Professor (currently adjunct) and Associate Clinical Director for a clinic through Widener University. She has worked with people with intellectual and developmental differences for 50 years. Certified as a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist with additional certification in biofeedback, neurofeedback, and as a Dual Diagnosis Specialist with NADD, and with the Amen Clinic as a Certified Brain Health Professional. She has provided numerous presentations and also has publications in a variety of journals.Tim Barksdale, PsyD, LMSW, NADD-CC is the Senior Executive Director of Clinical Services for Merakey where he supervises a clinical team of over fifty clinicians of adults with intellectual disabilities and mental illness across 5 states (PA, DE, NJ, VA & CA). He is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Licensed Master Social Worker, CBT therapist, a certified hypnotherapist, and Mental Health First Aid Instructor, along with being an adjunct professor of psychology. He has been the recipient of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA) Early Career Psychologists Award, PCOM Distinguished Service Award and NADD Member of the year award, amongst others. Dr. Barksdale is also the Vice President of Chosen 300 Homeless outreach program, serves on the NADD Board of Directors, on the Board of Governors for Friends Hospital, and was elected as President of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association for the 2023 term. He is a Christian and his greatest achievement is being the proud dad of a 19-year-old artist & musician son.Please rate us and leave reviews. It really helps get us to more listeners.This podcast is produced by the Northeast...

Dena Lefkowitz This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Dena Lefkowitz. The two talk about how Dena “ended up in law school,” the life transitions that followed, and how she learned her laws for life the hard way.  In this episode, we discuss: How Dena “ended up in law school” What catalyst began to move her career from litigation into the next phase of her career, working as in-house counsel to the school district of Philadelphia What challenges she found as a lawyer, and how those hardships make her successful as a life coach The long road she took to transition What are Dena's 10 Laws, and how she learned them the hard way How ‘Winning in Your Own Court: 10 Laws for a Successful Career Without Burning Out or Selling Out (American Bar Association)' helps her clients to find the career they deserve What one tip she has for us in experiencing our lives to the fullest Dena Lefkowitz, Esq., PCC, is the author of Winning in Your Own Court: 10 Laws for a Successful Career Without Burning Out or Selling Out (American Bar Association). She is the founder and CEO of Achievement by Design, LLC, a leading executive coaching firm focused on helping lawyers find career direction and partnering with law firms to help their underperformers develop into rainmakers. She's helped hundreds of lawyers in the past decade, coaching them to achieve career clarity, financial growth, and personal fulfillment. Lefkowitz has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Philadelphia Business Journal, Thrive Global, and The Jewish Exponent, and regularly contributed to Law.com for seven years. The former lawyer of 25 years reinvented herself from being a civil litigator to general counsel for state government. Dena then transitioned from being a lawyer to helping lawyers. She was awarded her juris doctor from Temple University School of Law, graduated from the College of Executive Training, and earned certification from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government in Executive Education and Leadership. She also earned certification from the International Coach Federation and the College of Executive Coaching. Lefkowitz has spoken before numerous organizations, including National Business Institute, Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, WOMENomics 2019, Greater Philadelphia Association for corporate Counsel, and a large number of county bar associations. She has also guest lectured at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Earlier in her career, she served as assistant general counsel for the School District of Philadelphia, general counsel to the Chester Upland School District, and as chief legal counsel to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. As chief counsel, she testified before the Pennsylvania Senate and argued cases before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court. She serves on the ABA'sAttorney Well-Being Committee. Lefkowitz resides in a suburb of Philadelphia.  Website: https://achievementbydesign.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denalefkowitz/

If you're a family law attorney, you may not realize you are applying principles of constitutional law all the time. I speak with family law attorney Elizabeth Billies and constitutional law Professor Randy Lee about just that, as they prepare for their panel at the PBA Family Law Section Meeting in Hershey over the January 13th weekend, where they will examine the recent Dobbs decision and other family law/constitutional law crossover issues. Randy Lee teaches constitutional law, professional responsibility, torts and various writing and advocacy courses. Professor Lee has taught previously at the Villanova and University of Pittsburgh Law Schools and in the Harvard University Summer Program. The moot court teams Professor Lee has co-coached with Professor Kearney have advanced to the National Appellate Advocacy Championship three times, and their 1993 team was recognized for the third best brief in the nation. Professor Lee is a frequent speaker for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and has also done programs for the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Elizabeth Billies is a Partner at Dischell, Bartle & Dooley, PC, in Lansdale, PA, and concentrates her practice in all aspects of family law. Prior to her current position, she was law clerk for the Honorable Susan Devlin Scott of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, the former President Judge and Administrative Judge of Family Court. She has contributed articles to the Pennsylvania Family Lawyer and has presented on various family law topics at the Pennsylvania Bar Association, PBI as well as on family law related podcasts and webinars. You can also find her writings on her blog, The Divorce Lawyer Life. Ms. Billies received her B.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. *audio editing, voice over & music by Nick DeMatteo

Michael Garry is the founder and CEO of Yardley Wealth Management and a certified financial planner. Michael earned a B.S. and an MBA in Finance from Saint Joseph's University and a law degree (J.D.) from the Widener University School of Law, where he concentrated in tax, securities, and estate planning. Michael began his career as an intern with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, and he was admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Bars. Michael served as a practicing attorney for two Philadelphia law firms before becoming a financial advisor. Michael honed his financial management skills by working with Merrill Lynch and then becoming vice president and Chief Compliance Officer at Global Investment Management, overseeing a 25-year-old Registered Investment Advisory firm's operations and legal compliance. Listen to this insightful RIA episode with Michael Garry about transitioning from the practice of law to financial advising. Here is what to expect on this week's show: What inspired Mike to leave the practice of law and become a financial advisor Who an ideal client is for a financial advisor The realization that a lot of people make tax-related mistakes What clients need to know about the current market environment The biggest challenges financial advisors are facing right now Connect with Michael: Website: http://yardleywealth.net Twitter: @MichaelJGarry Instagram:@yardleywealth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YardleyWealthManagement/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgarry/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the LIVEforward Institute Living Room Conversations! We have seen the catalytic power of conversations in the work that we do, as well as the impact that it brings to our world. Our Living Room is a space for us to connect, to explore thoughts and learnings, in a relaxed and very human way. Through this channel, we look forward to an engaging dialogue and resonance with our guests, and bring a breath of fresh air to the space we occupy in this virtual world. To our listeners and followers, we hope to create an opportunity to candidly eavesdrop and chime in to one of the many interesting conversations around the space of teal, agile and the future of work. Our guest: "I am an internal Senior Organizational Development Consultant and Leadership Coach at Navy Federal Credit Union. I use transformative paradigms, mindsets, and practices, such as vertical development, Open Space Technology, Clean Coaching, and Sociocracy. In 2019 I co-founded the Harmony organization, a purpose-driven, self-organizing team of Navy Federal volunteers, who provide mindfulness services to team members. I also co-founded Navy Federal's environmental sustainability initiative, Greening Up. I completed an MBA at University of Virginia and previously worked as a program manager in Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health. In fall 2020, as a volunteer Board member of the Open Space Institute-US, I co-organized Flourishing Futures, a global, three-day, virtual Open Space event focused on co-creating a positive future. I am a longtime meditator, and I love a good joke—I'd be delighted if you told me one!" Stay tuned for our next Living Room Conversations.

We discuss recent and ongoing enforcement activity of the PA AG involving consumer financial services. Our conversation focuses on activity directed at: Auto title lenders for alleged violations of PA usury law; national banks for alleged CARD Act violations; furniture retailers for alleged “hang tag” law violations; home sellers for alleged violations of mortgage laws arising from the use of contracts for deed; and phone scams. Alan Kaplinsky, Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel, hosts the conversation.

In this episode, we venture to Pennsylvania's Coal Region to learn how some health systems are working to expand access to dental care and improve oral health for children in underserved areas. The shortage of pediatric dentists has underscored the need for preventative care since long before the pandemic exacerbated it. We'll hear from nurses and dentists delivering care in rural counties, as well as advocates working on the issue across Pennsylvania. Family nurse practitioner Tammy Lobach shares the challenges faced by her patients. Most of them rely on Medicaid or state insurance for medical coverage, but relatively few dental practices accept public insurance. Internet accessibility is another hurdle. Kelly Braun is a dental hygienist and the dental delivery systems coordinator for the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, where she manages trainings for primary care providers and other initiatives to improve dental health. She also oversaw the Medical Oral Expanded Care initiative (MORE Care) to train nurses and other primary care providers in preventative dental care. Launched by the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, MORE Care programs have been implemented in rural Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Colorado, and Oregon during the past several years. Jessica Brennan, a public health dental hygiene practitioner, and Dr. Soumaya Bendjilali, are part-time specialists at the St. Luke's Miners Hometown Federal Rural Health Clinic in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. They relate their experiences working at the clinic's relatively new dental office, which opened in 2019. Helen Hawkey is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health. She explains how the coalition's mission expanded from increasing access to fluoridated water to working with a diverse group of leaders on multiple initiatives to improve oral health across the state. A statewide coalition has documented successes in recent years in provider recruitment, running mobile clinics, school-based sealant programs, expanding dental screenings in primary care settings and more. With COVID-19 compounding the shortage of dentists, those solutions have taken on more significance but might not be enough to head off the crisis some say could lie ahead. Our producer Emily Previti recently talked to providers about how they're navigating obstacles from transportation to water supply and food insecurity to cultural norms to broadband availability.

In this episode of Sounds of the Rail Park, elevate your senses on a walk through Phase One with Suzanne Erb. Listen to Suzanne and Friends of the Rail Park Executive Director, Rebecca Cordes Chan, as they chat about the sounds, scents, and textures of the Rail Park as they travel through the space together.  Suzanne Erb is a Center City, Philadelphia resident with a career dedicated to diversity inclusion. From the time she left the Overbrook School for the Blind at the end of her freshman year in 1971, and entered her local high school as the first totally blind student, she has demonstrated her belief that inclusion not only brings diversity of values and ideas to organizations, but it can also be easily accomplished with some forethought and planning. In her role as an Accessibility Advisor, she shows, by example and knowledge sharing, how you can design your meetings and conferences to be universally inclusive. As an advocate, she sits on boards and commissions including the Tenants Union Representative Network, where she holds the office of Secretary, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, where she also serves as Secretary, and the City of Philadelphia's Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities. She also serves as a member of various advisory boards, including the Business Advisory Council for the Philadelphia Job Corps, and chairs the Philadelphia Citizens Advisory Council of the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. She is also knowledgeable about assistive technology for people who are blind, which she uses both personally and professionally, and has helped people to make informed decisions regarding the purchase of assistive technology for their personal use. In her spare time, Ms. Erb is a professional musician, as an organist and choir director for 25 years. She enjoys visiting Philadelphia's parks and green spaces.   Phase One is open. Plan your next visit. Don't wait. Become a member today.   Special thanks to our partners: Center City District Foundation, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, William Penn Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The 1830 Family Foundation, Wells Fargo Community Giving, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Board of Directors and many members of the Friends of the Rail Park. This podcast is produced by Studio D Podcast Production for the Friends of the Rail Park.

42. Susan Jin Davis - People First “If people aren't first, I don't think you can have a good team. And I don't think you remember that there's people on that team and that those people are individuals that you have responsibility for as a leader.”   Guest Info: Susan Jin Davis has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. She currently serves as Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment, a leading producer of TV, digital, branded programming and entertainment. She is also an advisor for ALO Advisors, a firm specializing in areas of sustainability, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. Ms. Jin Davis serves as on-call faculty for the Center for Creative Learning in the areas of organizational leadership, women's leadership, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She likewise serves as adjunct faculty for the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, Betsy Magness Graduate Institute, and the Rising Leaders Program of Women In Cable Telecommunications and she is a highly-demanded public speaker on diversity, equity, & inclusion, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. Over the past decade, she has helped to create leadership development programming for Comcast's Asian American employees and is currently creating curriculum and programming focusing on executive leadership development for AAPI professional women. She is also serving as a Senior Advisor on Social Impact & Sustainability for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, as part of Philadelphia's application team to be a host city for the World Cup games in 2026. Her focus is on human rights such as worker rights, housing, discrimination, safety and security, and grievances.   Most recently, Ms. Jin Davis was a senior executive at Comcast Corporation, where she held a multitude of roles over a 15-year career at the Company.  Ms. Jin Davis is an experienced executive in the area of sustainability and environmental responsibility. As Comcast NBCUniversal's first Chief Sustainability Officer, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the company's Sustainability Program across all of Comcast NBCUniversal business units and functions. She created the framework for the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosures; she established Comcast NBCUniversal's renewable energy strategy and implemented energy efficiency initiatives across Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Comcast Spectacor. Plus, Ms. Jin Davis created Comcast NBCUniversal's zero waste strategy and she co-led its future of fleet strategy, transforming the company's fleet to low-carbon vehicles.   Ms. Jin Davis is highly experienced in a multitude of areas of corporate compliance. Prior to her promotion as CSO, Ms. Jin Davis served as Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance at Comcast, where she implemented product policies, operationalized regulatory and legal requirements, reduced costs to the cable business, and managed business compliance. In this capacity, she established and managed a customer call center that dealt with customer issues on privacy, data security, piracy, and cybersecurity. She was also responsible for Comcast's environment, health, and safety function. Ms. Jin Davis also served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Communications and Data Services and Vice President of Corporate Development, Voice Services where she managed voice, data, and wireless policies such as emergency services, privacy/customer proprietary network information (CPNI), interconnection, and online safety and security.   Ms. Jin Davis is a well-experienced and well-respected executive in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. While at Comcast, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company's acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier and employment, and community investment. She served on Comcast's Internal Diversity Council and she was the company liaison to the external Comcast NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. Ms. Jin Davis was the executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast, a company-sponsored employee resource group, which focuses on the recruiting, promotion and development of Asian American and Pacific Islander talent. Ms. Jin Davis established Comcast's partnerships with AAPI national community organizations in the areas of civic involvement and political representation, media and entertainment, leadership development, civil and human rights, and youth empowerment. She was also responsible for the creation of Comcast's Cinema Asian America, the first-ever video-on-demand offering of Asian and Asian American television and movie content on the Comcast network.   She led the launch of Comcast's Internet Essentials Program, which offers affordable high-speed internet for low-income households. Now in its tenth year, Internet Essentials is Comcast's largest, most successful community investment initiative, which has connected more than 10 million low-income Americans to all the opportunities of a digital world through low-cost, high-speed internet at home. She was responsible for the pricing and packaging strategy, marketing and community engagement, and managing the call center that handled customer applications, installation, and trouble ticketing.   Prior to Comcast NBCUniversal, the trained attorney served in various roles of increasing responsibility at the Silicon Valley-based technology company, Covad Communications, where she held roles such as Assistant General Counsel, Interim General Counsel, Vice President of Government and External Affairs, and Vice President of Investor Relations. Other experience includes MCI Communications Company in a multitude of counsel roles in government and external affairs, specifically in federal and state regulatory affairs, and federal legislative affairs, as well as the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, as an Assistant Consumer Advocate in the Office of Consumer Advocate. There, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for representing Pennsylvania consumers on energy, water, and telecommunications matters.   Recognized by Forbes as one of “Five Women of Color Who Should Be On Your Radar Screen,” she completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, the Women's Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business and the Cable & Telecommunications Association (CTAM) Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. She received the 2010 Paragon Award of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications and was a Fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute of the Women in Cable Telecommunications esteemed program. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by CableFAX Magazine and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable” by CableWorld for many years.   An advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in business and corporate America, she is active in the AAPI community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and serves on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE). Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund (APIA Scholars). Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.   She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner, jazz lover, and foodie lives in Kennett Square, Pa. with her daughter, Sophia.   Favorite Quote: "The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King, Jr.   Resources: Susan on LinkedIn (@susanjindavis) Susan on Twitter (@sjindavis) Credits: Susan Jin Davis. Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions.

This month, we return to our Pandemic Perspective series and explore the state of the childcare system in Pennsylvania during the pandemic. We discuss the challenges and opportunities to funding, access, and quality for the childcare system. We spoke to Karen Grimm-Thomas, Director of External Relations at the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), and Philip Sirinides, Associate Professor of Education in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education and Director of the Institute of State and Regional Affairs (ISRA) at Penn State Harrisburg, about the impact that the pandemic has had on childcare providers and families throughout Pennsylvania. OCDEL is a collaborative effort between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services that focuses on creating opportunities for the commonwealth's youngest citizens to develop and learn to their fullest potential. The Institute of State and Regional Affairs leverages Penn State's unbiased data expertise and the resources to provide multifaceted data and research support services to partners in government and the private sector. Episode Resources ISRA's Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania Child Care ISRA's Report on the Cost of Childcare in Pennsylvania Breakdown About OCDEL's COVID-19 Funding The transcript for this episode is available here.

Non-White Leader of Proudboys Arrested in DCPresident Trump has put out a call to ALL able-bodied Americans to TAKE ACTION and SHOW UP.https://youtu.be/ePSXZrjHSYAThe Proudboys heard that call. Now Enrique is being punished for it.So let's get this straight it is legal and Constitutional to burn the American flag of which many people gave their lives for which by burning it should be an act of treason punishable by death Yet if you burn a #blm flag you get arrested & become a political prisoner #ProudBoysThe leader of the Proud Boys group has been arrested in Washington DC on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag last month.Enrique Tarrio faces misdemeanor destruction of property charges, police say.He has reportedly admitted torching a banner taken from a black church during a rally in December in the city.President Donald Trump has been urging supporters to gather in the capital this week for another demonstration.On Wednesday, members of Congress are due to certify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's election victory before he takes office on 20 January.Mr. Tarrio has said on the social media app Parler that the Proud Boys will "turn out in record numbers on Jan 6th", referring to his members as "the most notorious group of extraordinary gentlemen".Mr. Tarrio - who lives in Miami, where he also reportedly runs a grassroots organization called Latinos for Trump - told the Washington Post at the time that he had burned the Black Lives Matter flag.But he maintained he did not know the Asbury United Methodist Church, where the flag had reportedly flown, was predominantly attended by African American worshippers.Mr. Tarrio also said Proud Boy members have had their flags and hats stolen in past demonstrations without anyone being arrested for those alleged incidents.Earlier on Monday, another black church that was vandalized during December's protest sued Mr. Tarrio and the Proud Boys.https://www.spreaker.com/user/9922149/leader-of-the-proud-boys-arrested_3So...There is a scheduled Trump flag Burning on the calendar of events at the Pennsylvania Office of general services ..somebody better gets arrested!https://www.dgs.pa.gov/Pages/Calendar.aspx#GoRightNews GoRightNews.com

Darrin Youker talks with Lisa Davis, Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health about the difficulties of delivering healthcare to rural areas, and how farmers can help create healthy communities.

Tuesday’s Smart Talk will include the Democratic incumbent and candidate for Pennsylvania Treasurer Joseph Torsella who joins us to discuss his record and priorities before the November election. The Pennsylvania Office of the State Treasurer serves as the custodian of more than $100 billion in Commonwealth funds, and is responsible for the receipt and deposit … Continue reading "Smart Talk Tuesday; Torsella runs for a Treasurer repeat and COVID death effects ripple through families"

What is there left to say about the opioid crisis that has not already been said? It's claimed thousands of lives, torn apart families and communities, strained our country's already fractured healthcare system, and cost the economy billions, perhaps trillions, of dollars. If burning a path through communities for the last twenty years was not enough, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many individuals and families to endure joblessness, potential homelessness, and other uncertainties, causing a spike in substance use and subsequently, overdoses. In this episode, we spoke to Glenn Sterner, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Abington, and Stephen Forzato, Deputy Chief for Statewide Drug Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General about reducing the stigma of the opioid crisis and greater issues of substance use. For more information about Glenn Sterner, PhD's work in reducing the stigma of the opioid crisis through storytelling, visit shareyouropioidstory.com. For more information about finding treatment for substance use disorder, please visit SAMHSA's treatment provider website. Note: This episode was recorded before the outbreak of COVID-19 and does not address current circumstances, but the issues discussed are undoubtedly exacerbated due to the conditions of the pandemic. Since the recording of this episode, Mr. Forzato has retired from law enforcement to join the faculty of St. Joseph's University as the Director of the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education. Transcript is available here.

On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, podcast host Annette Stevenson is joined by Jerry Mitchell, an outreach specialist with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General. Jerry provides insight into what youth are doing online and offers advice to guardians and teachers.

From anti-discrimination provisions to access, the Americans with Disabilities Act represented a civil rights milestone at its enactment in 1990. We've now had 30 years to see how the act has empowered our communities and made them more inclusive. But we've also had 30 years to see where the act may have fallen short. In this episode, we’re joined by a lawyer who was 10 years into his legal career when the ADA was passed. It ushered in cases he pressed in labor and employment discrimination. Jay Hornack is now a Legal Committee member of Disability Rights Pennsylvania, a hearing officer for the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and professor of disability discrimination law at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Law.

Dauphin County Controller and Republican Nominee for Auditor General Timothy Defoor joins Larry and Kevin to discuss the November race. He helped build the UPMC fraud and abuse department and a former special investigator with the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General. His responsibility would be to hold the government accountable and to be transparent with how tax dollars are being spent.  

For this month's episode, we spoke to Lisa Davis, Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and Ann Tickamyer, PhD, Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Demography at Penn State, about the challenges and opportunities of healthcare in rural communities. Pennsylvania is considered one of the most rural states in the nation, and is anchored by Pittsburgh in the southwestern and Philadelphia in the southeastern parts of the state. Across the nation, however, rural counties have much in common in terms of geographic isolation and significant challenges like access to economic development, transportation infrastructure, broadband services, healthcare services, and many others. As the U.S. continues to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, the inadequacy of our country's healthcare system hangs heavily over rural communities and the people living in them. Transcript available here. Note: This episode was recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic and does not account for current changes for rural communities.

School wide mental health practices have always been at the forefront on our minds.  With the COVID-19 pandemic, these practices become even more essential for both children and adults.   Dr. Perri Rosen is a consulting psychologist at the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) at the Department of Human Services (DHS) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  She is also a Pennsylvania certified school psychologist and special educator. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Crisis Text Line: Text ‘PA’ to 741-741 PA Support and Referral Helpline: 1-855-284-2494 (for TTY: 724-631-5600)

Michelle interview three key participants at the National Rural Health Association’s Annual Policy Summit in February in Washington, D.C.: Maggie Elehwany, NRHA’s Vice President for Government Affairs and Policy; Michael Topchik, National Leader for the Chartis Center for Rural  Health; and Lisa Davis, Director at the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health.

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health’s podcast series on human trafficking. Our goal is to educate everyone who can target and stop human trafficking which is defined as modern-day slavery that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Human trafficking occurs in […]

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health’s podcast series on human trafficking. Our goal is to educate everyone who can target and stop human trafficking which is defined as modern-day slavery that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Human trafficking occurs in […]

Joyce welcomes Michael Kiel, author of the book, Challenge the Moment, and state board member of the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to the Show. Mr. Kiel, will discuss the book in detail. This memoir is about his perspective on life - his entire life - before, during, and after a life-altering spinal cord injury. He shares many of his highs and lows, the importance of humor, and the incredible support around him. His brutally honest life story, along with his poems, and humorous anecdotes will inspire others to discover humor and strength through their own challenging moments.

Joyce welcomes two members of the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Council (PaRC), David Mann, current chair of the PaRC and Claire Senita the organization's vice chair. The PaRC is a statewide citizens group created to advise the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) about how well its programs and services match the needs of people with disabilities. The mission of the Council is to inform and advise the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Legislature, and the Governor on the diverse issues affecting employment of people with disabilities. The guests will discuss this mission in depth and the current projects the group is working on.

The global budget is underway in Pennsylvania, but there is a lot more than that taking place. In this episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio™ we are talking about Medicaid expansion, rural hospital budget transformation, medical student community orientation and other topics of interest to rural health leaders.  We are having that conversation with Lisa Davis, Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and Outreach Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State.     “Pennsylvania is considered to be one of the most rural states in the nation.”   In her role, Lisa is responsible for the overall direction and leadership of the state office of rural health, including ensuring that the office meets its mission of being a source of networking, coordination, and technical assistance to organizations focused on rural health care delivery; developing and sustaining linkages with state and national partners; and seeking ways to expand the office’s role in enhancing the health status of rural Pennsylvanians.    “Medicaid expansion has been very important here in the state for a number of reasons.”   On the national, state, and university levels, Davis serves on a wide range of boards of directors, advisory committees, and task forces focused on rural health policy, rural health research, economic development, outreach and education, and vulnerable populations and specific health issues such as oral health and cancer.  She has extensive experience in the field of rural health research.   “They learned about what it means to be those individuals, what it means to live there, what the social structure is, what the economy is like in those communities.”   Davis is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, an Outstanding Leadership Award from the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association, and an Award for Individual Contributions to Public Health from the Pennsylvania Public Health Association.  The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health received the Award of Merit from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health.   She holds a graduate degree in Health Administration from Penn State.

A monologue about a young man who is turned away from his first job interview starts a conversation about how we treat individuals on the autism spectrum and how we prepare them for work and independence. Featuring conversations with Dylan Henry , a sophomore at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, whose younger brother inspired the monologue; and three individuals from Project SEARCH , a program that offers vocational training and internships to young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. “I daydreamed that one day I would be a cashier or even a manager. The name tag securely pinned on my right side would say manager, Adam. I would ride my bike everyday from my big red house, bright and early, so the cans would be stacked just right.” — from "Adam" by Dylan Henry  * * * Connections PROJECT SEARCH : Project SEARCH at Drexel University offers vocational training and internships to young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and/or an intellectual disability with the goal of competitive integrated employment. Young adults in their last year of high school are eligible to participate in a vocational training program that takes place entirely at Drexel University. Drexel is the first university setting in the country to offer a licensed version of the new autism-specific variation of Project SEARCH. The program is a partnership with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), Community Integrated Services, Pennsylvania Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Philadelphia School District, and the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute Life Course Outcomes Program – Transition Pathways.   Further Reading & Resources WATCH this feature of Project SEARCH from NBC10. WATCH this video from CBS News: "Hiring Autistic Workers" LEARN about another Philadelphia program, Neurodiversity in the Workplace Initiative from The Arc of Philadelphia, which supports job seekers with Autism and connects them to potential employment. About the Performer JERRICK MEDRANO Jerrick is a Philadelphia-based actor, a 2015 graduate from Esperanza Academy Charter High School where he majored in Theater, and currently a Theater major at the Community College of Philadelphia. He is a writer - his play For a Good Investment won first place and was produced as at Temple University. He has been a featured actor in the Mouthful Monologue Festival in 2017 and 2018, and also worked on Marty Pottenger's #Phillysavesearth at Painted Bride.   "Adam" was directed by Steve Gravelle for the 2018 Mouthful Monologue Festival. Accompaniment by Daniel De Jesus. Additional music for this episode is by Lee Rosevere, used under the Creative Commons license.

The Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. and will examine the increase in federal regulatory activity and the legal and practical considerations of regulatory reform. This daylong conference will feature plenary panels, addresses, and breakout panels.Mr. William S. Consovoy, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC Mr. Michael J. Fischer, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Impact Litigation Section, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney GeneralProf. Alan Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law SchoolProf. Ernest A. Young, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University Law SchoolModerator: Mr. Stuart S. Taylor, Jr., Contributing Editor, National Journal

The Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. and will examine the increase in federal regulatory activity and the legal and practical considerations of regulatory reform. This daylong conference will feature plenary panels, addresses, and breakout panels.Mr. William S. Consovoy, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC Mr. Michael J. Fischer, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Impact Litigation Section, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney GeneralProf. Alan Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law SchoolProf. Ernest A. Young, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University Law SchoolModerator: Mr. Stuart S. Taylor, Jr., Contributing Editor, National Journal

Lynn Shiner is an award-winning author who dedicated most of her career to crime victims after she experienced a tragedy of her own. As former Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Victims' Services, she oversaw the annual distribution of more than $100 million dollars annually. Watch Lynn's TEDx Talk HERE. Learn about Lynn's Organization HERE. BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx and other branded events. Learn the tips tools and techniques that can help you give the talk to change the world!

Lynn Shiner is an award-winning author who dedicated most of her career to crime victims after she experienced a tragedy of her own. As former Director of the Pennsylvania Office of Victims' Services, she oversaw the annual distribution of more than $100 million dollars annually. Watch Lynn's TEDx Talk HERE. Learn about Lynn's Organization HERE. BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx and other branded events. Learn the tips tools and techniques that can help you give the talk to change the world!

From the 2017 Philadelphia Environmental Partnership dinner: conversation with Rep. Kate Harper (R-Montgomery), and keynote remarks from Steve Santarsiero, Chief Deputy for Environmental Protection in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

Dear Listeners of CoasterRadio.com, Thank you so much for being a part of our lives during the past two years. It was a great experience producing the show and we couldn't have done it without the support of the thousands of you who came along for the ride every week. Working on this show reminded us of how much fun it is to go to an amusement park with your friends and forget about everyday life for awhile. We hope that listening to this podcast did the same thing for you. There were a lot of great moments both on-air and off-air, but here are some of the highlights: * We produced 80 original shows (about 48 hours of podcasting!) * We produced 13 on-location shows at The Walt Disney World Resort, Holiday World, Hersheypark, Six Flags Over Georgia, Kennywood, Busch Gardens Europe, Knoebels, Paramount's Kings Dominion, Six Flags Great Adventure and Dorney Park. * We were the only non-official podcast invited to the grand opening of Expedition Everest at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. * We were Commissioned by the State of Pennsylvania Office of Tourism to produce a "road trip podcast" to four of its amusement parks. * We interviewed Disney Imagineers Joe Rohde (Expedition Everest), Eric Jacobson (Rock 'n' Roller Coaster) and Mike Lentz (Mission: Space). * We interviewed Holiday World's Will Koch and several of the designers from The Gravity Group (The Voyage / Hades). * We were featured on Adam Curry and iTunes' Podfinder podcast. * We were featured in a July 2006 article about theme park podcasting in the amusement trade publication Funworld. All of these things happened because we were able to point to an large, active and loyal group of listeners. Without you guys, the show would have never taken off. This week, we present our series finale. It clocks-in around two hours long because we wanted to get in as many of your e-mails, voicemails and questions as possible. We also have a few surprises in there for you as well, including an original song written for the end of our show by Deidre Rodman of the Lascivious Biddies. Even though this is the end of the weekly version of CoasterRadio.com, we're hoping to keep this site alive to continue the friendships we have made while doing the show. We'll probably even produce new "special" episodes of the show during holidays and other times when it makes sense. So make sure you stay subscribed to our RSS feed! We're also working on a new podcast that will hopefully premiere sometime in 2007. While it won't be strictly about coasters, I'm sure we won't be able to go very long without mentioning them once in awhile. Thanks again for listening! We'll see you at the parks! Your friends, Mike, Mario, Flava, EB & Greg

In the small town of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, a series of mysterious deaths occurred in nursing homes between 2020 and 2023. Several residents, who were not diabetic, died from severe hypoglycemia. The deaths raised suspicions, and an investigation was launched by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Nurse investigator Kelly Barron led the investigation, focusing on the Quality Life Services facility. It was discovered that nurse Heather Pressdee, who had been employed for six months, was involved in the deaths. The investigation also revealed similar incidents at another facility, Sunnyview Rehabilitation Center. The case highlighted the vulnerability of elderly residents in nursing homes and the need for thorough oversight and accountability...For Exclusive Insights and Behind-the-Scenes Content, Become a Patron!Unlock a world of exclusive content and insider access by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/HousewivesOfTrueCrime, or at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/housewives-of-true-crime.Dive deeper into the intriguing world of true crime with us!Show Your True Crime Passion with Our Exclusive Merchandise!Visit https://shop.housewivesoftruecrime.com/ to check out our unique collection and grab your favorites today!Discover the Ultimate in Beauty with 5Crimes Cosmetics!Elevate your skin and hair care routine with our exclusive line of 5Crimes products.Visit us at https://fivecrimes.com/ to explore our range and embrace the beauty revolution with 5Crimes.Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@housewivesoftruecrimeFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/housewivesoftruecrime/?hl=enFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@housewivesoftruecrime?lang=enJoin our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/669722783461628/Clink Clink