The Morning Agenda

By: WITF Inc.
  • Summary

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

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Episodes
  • Justice Department claims Pa. city's election system is biased against Hispanics; Penn State looks to take another step toward a national title tonight
    Jan 9 2025

    A city in Luzerne County is facing a federal lawsuit. The Department of Justice is challenging the way Hazleton elects its City Council.

    The Nittany Lions look to take another step in their historic season tonight in the Orange Bowl against Notre Dame.

    The Surgeon General is calling for alcohol labels to warn consumers that alcohol is linked to some forms of cancer. But, a Pennsylvania brewmaster wonders if it will change behavior.

    The Pennsylvania Farm Show is all things agriculture - -where large dairy cows are guided through crowds for baths, children fish for baby trout and attendees slurp down the show’s iconic milkshakes.

    Details are scarce about investigations into alleged fraudulent voter registration forms submitted near the deadline in October in Lancaster and York counties.

    A subsidiary of Milton Hershey School has purchased a fourth building in Lancaster to expand its no-cost, childhood education model in the city.


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    8 mins
  • Pa. House picks a speaker; Best mullet winner at Farm Show; Meet Peeps superfans -- MVPeeps
    Jan 8 2025

    The state House has re-elected Democrat Joanna McClinton as Speaker, even with the absence of an Allegheny County representative.

    The University of Pennsylvania recently settled a lawsuit with a COVID-19 vaccine maker over unpaid royalties for using its technology.

    The second annual mullet competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show has been all business in the front but a party in the back.

    Pennsylvania's senior U.S. Senator has signed onto a GOP proposal to require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes.

    A Georgia couple is facing 252 counts in connection with a bus that was discovered last year in Adams County that was filled with neglected animals.

    In an era that is now long gone, a trip to the Orange Bowl meant a break from the rough weather up north and the capper to a successful season that might even end with a championship trophy in the case. This season, for Penn State and Notre Dame, it’s the latest stop in the “One and Done” tour that college football has become.

    You may have done some crazy things on New Year’s Eve … but chances are it didn’t involve driving hundreds of miles to follow a giant yellow marshmallow chick around the country. Check out Peepsfest and meet super-fans - or as they’re known in the business -- ”M-V-PEEPS."

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    11 mins
  • Central Pa. prof inspired by brief meeting with Jimmy Carter; More twists in proposed Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal
    Jan 7 2025

    With funeral observances for Jimmy Carter underway, people around the country are reflecting on the legacy of the former President. Hear how Millersville University professor took inspiration from a brief meeting with Carter more than a decade ago.

    A Democratic state representative’s health problems could complicate the vote for speaker of the House.

    Nippon Steel Chief Executive Eiji Hashimoto says the top Japanese steelmaker is standing firm on its proposed 15 billion dollar acquisition of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.

    The Pennsylvania Farm Show offers elected leaders the chance to discuss issues facing agriculture with farmers. Among the issues is farmland preservation.

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    6 mins

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