Sen. Bernie Sanders defended “Medicare for All” on CBS News, as he unveils an updated version of his universal health care plan on Wednesday. Sanders said, “It guarantees, like every other major country on Earth, healthcare to every man, woman and child in this country.” Sanders added that his plan is NOT a form of socialism but rather “similar to what the Canadians have”. Sanders plan was once criticized as too radical by many Democrats, but four of his opponents in the race for the party’s nomination for president are now co-sponsoring his universal plan in the Senate.

AMBRIDGE COUNCIL HONORED SOME LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE…

NEW DETAILS HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED ON THAT BOMB THREAT THAT WAS DISCOVERED AT THE CCBC LIBRARY EARLIER THIS WEEK. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE…

 Senior citizens are rallying at the Pennsylvania Statehouse today, calling on state lawmakers to pass several bills to ease the burden of soaring prescription drug costs. Andrea Sears reports…

“Equal pay for equal work” is something a lot of businesses in Pennsylvania still don’t provide. A couple of state Senators have introduced legislation to change that. Don Rooney has details…

An out of town restaurant group has plans to open a huge fried chicken food and beer hall in Downtown Pittsburgh. It’ll be called The Eagle. The Cincinnati-based restaurant has signed a lease to occupy 6,000 square feet of retail space Downtown at Eighth & Penn, the branding for the location under construction. The restaurant is on track to open in October or November.

Deer hunting season is being pushed back this year. The Pennsylvania Game Commission voted 5-3 today to move the opening day to the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, beginning this upcoming season. The changes are reportedly being made in order to stay up to date with the shifting in hunting demographics and to create more opportunities for hunters.

The Pennsylvania House is linking a pair of bills designed to address child sexual abuse so one can’t be approved while the other languishes without action. The House voted unanimously Tuesday to keep a bill eliminating the statute of limitation for child sexual abuse crimes from taking effect before both legislative chambers have begun to move a related constitutional amendment.

A state lawmaker continues his push to bring back annual registration stickers on license plates. Representative Barry Jozwiak says when PennDOT stopped issuing the stickers many drivers stopped registering their vehicles. Jozwiak says PennDOT lost 22-million-dollars in registration renewals while they saved about three-million dollars in the annual savings of production costs.

Two state senators screened a video at the Capitol in Harrisburg that they say shows the flaws in Pennsylvania’s practice of sentencing inmates to life without parole. Don Rooney has more…