Regional Roundup – 06/03/19

This week: SCOTUS rejects transgender bathroom appeal, Pa.'s role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and the peregrine falcon comes back from the brink of extinction.

Air Date: May 27, 2019 10:00 am

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, photo a mother Peregrine Falcon guards her baby and nest on the City Hall Tower, after peregrine falcon banding in Philadelphia. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Guests: Mary Catherine Roper, Kate Fritz, Arthur McMorris

On this week’s Regional Roundup: we’ll hear how the Supreme Court rejected an appeal over a Pennsylvania school district’s transgender restroom policy. The ACLU’s MARY CATHERINE ROPER, who was co-counsel on the case, joins us. We’ll also discuss a recent report claiming that Pennsylvania is not doing enough to combat pollution in the Chesapeake Bay when KATE FRITZ, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay joins us. And we end the hour talking about peregrine falcons, their amazing comeback from the brink of extinction in Eastern U.S. and why they like calling Philadelphia home. Our guest is ARTHUR McMORRIS, peregrine falcon coordinator for Pennsylvania Game Commission.

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