PA Headlines 12/2/21
HARRISBURG – AP is reporting… State lawmakers’ more than 5% pay raise went into effect Tuesday and that will mean $5,000 more for members of the state house and senate. Their salary is now about $95,4000. Chairs and caucus leaders will make about $109,000 a year, while the top two members of the majority Republican Party, Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman and Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler, will make nearly $150,000 before they accept per diem and other entitlements. Why? Lawmakers passed previous laws to raise their salaries when inflation goes up. GOP State Representative Frank Ryan of Lebanon County tried to halt the pay raise but leaders wouldn’t let it out of committee. He’s been saying the state is deficit spending and he said, “Where does this end and how do we get government spending under control?”
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — AP is reporting… TV stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland said Wednesday that they are taking down the “Dr. Oz Show,” now that the show’s host, Mehmet Oz, has formally become a candidate for U.S. Senate. The stations were compelled by the Federal Communications Commission’s “equal time” rules that give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time. Oz, 61, will bring his unrivaled name recognition and wealth to a wide-open race that is expected to be among the nation’s most competitive and could determine control of the Senate in next year’s election. This is the celebrity heart surgeon’s first run for public office, but he is facing a crowded Republican primary.
The longtime New Jersey resident says he moved to Pennsylvania a year ago. A spokesperson for Fox Television Stations said Wednesday that its stations in New York City and Philadelphia have dropped the “Dr. Oz Show.” Parts of northeastern Pennsylvania get New York TV channels. Cleveland’s WJW-TV said it made the decision because its signal “bleeds a little bit into Pennsylvania.” Other stations in Pennsylvania may follow suit. The show typically airs at 2 p.m. on weekdays. Oz became a household name as a guest on Oprah Winfrey’s show before starting his own show in 2009. He films the show in New York City.
