A day after the deadly attack in San Bernardino, California, dozens of people lined up inside the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office to apply for permits to carry concealed firearms. Beaver County Sheriff George David tells Beaver County Radio’s Pat Septak that his office has been overwhelmed with permit requests for weeks after the recent terrorist attack in Paris. Sheriff David says concealed weapons permits have nearly tripled in the last three weeks…with between 60 and 70 applications a week, up from 15 to 20 a week.

Republican lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg yesterday to voice their dissatisfaction with the spending practices of the Wolf  Administration during the protracted budget impasse. According to a report issued on Thursday, more than $30 Billion were spend in the first four months of the fiscal year, with only $4 Billion having been reported to the PennWATCH website, a portal which allows public scrutiny of all state government spending. State Rep. Jim Christiana of Beaver County is among those questioning the governor’s spending and transparency during the budget impasse.

The Senate has again refused expanding background checks for more gun purchases. Senator Patrick Toomey and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin co-authored the measure, which was identical to a proposal also rejected in early 2013, shortly after the Sandy Hook school massacre.

Beaver County Commissioners Tony Amadio, Joe Spanik and Dennis Nichols made their final appearance together as a board on the Ask The Commissioners segment on Beaver County Radio this morning with Mike Romigh. Next month, a new board will be in place. Amadio will still be there, but Spanik and Nichols will be replaced with the GOP team of Sandie Egley and Dan Camp. Amadio said he’s going to miss his fellow commissioners, Spanik questioned why the two new Republican commissioners haven’t made an attempt to make a smooth transition (or any kind of transition, for that matter) and Dennis Nichols said he’s proud of his work with this board because despite all their political differences on any number of issues, they were always able to come together and compromise. No word on whether Egley and Camp will come on the show for future Ask the Commissioner segments on Beaver County Radio.