skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Friday, March 29, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

Trump Budget Called Threat to Indiana Waterways

play audio
Play

Monday, October 23, 2017   

INDIANAPOLIS -- An effort to save Indiana's waterways is under way. It's part of a push by the National Wildlife Federation to combat negative impacts under budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

The agency is conducting a campaign to educate people about what decreases in funding for habitat, wildlife and water programs could mean for the state. Emily Wood, executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation, said in Indiana, waterways are at risk with the repeal of the Clean Water Act.

"On paper it's a budget cut and a lot of people don't like to think about budgets, they're not very sexy,” Wood said. “But when you start to look at a lot of the threats that are tied to different things, it's really easy to see that a budget cut in the way that it's proposed would be really, really damaging."

Wood said drinking water for nearly 700,000 Hoosiers would be impacted by cuts proposed in Washington. The Indiana Wildlife Federation is holding public events to get residents motivated to help protect the environment and to educate them on ways they can help prevent drastic budget cuts.

Wood said headway was made under the Obama administration to protect drinking water, but many Hoosier lakes and rivers are still not safe for swimming or fishing. She said rolling back the Clean Water Rule will certainly impede future progress.

"One of the main things we're asking is, if it's going to be undone, that we go through a similar process, where we hear all the science, and we actually investigate what these budget cuts would scientifically mean before they're just cut,” she said.

The Indiana Wildlife Federation has also been helping Hoosiers focus on protecting wildlife by training volunteers to become field researchers for the endangered Monarch butterfly. And a Monarch sanctuary planting is being conducted on November 4 along the White River, to make the area "butterfly friendly."


get more stories like this via email

more stories
A report from the Tennessee HealthCare Campaign recommended the federal government needs to strengthen 340B drug pricing and other federal negotiation mechanisms to make needed medicines more readily available and less expensive for hospitals to purchase and administer. (Spotmatikphoto/AdobeStock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

A recent report examined how some rural Tennessee hospitals have managed to stay afloat despite financial challenges. The report includes interviews …


Social Issues

play sound

Earlier this month, a new Arizona Public Service rate hike went into effect and one senior advocacy group said those on a fixed income may struggle …

Social Issues

play sound

Michigan recently implemented a significant juvenile justice reform package following recommendations from a task force made up of prosecutors…


Nearly 13 million Americans receive health coverage through unique plans under both Medicare and Medicaid. They are known as Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans. (Adobe Stock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

Medicare and Medicaid are key sources of health coverage for many Americans and some people qualify for assistance under both programs. With lagging …

Social Issues

play sound

A mix of policy updates and staffing boosts has helped to put wage theft enforcement on the radar in Minnesota, and officials leading the efforts are …

More than six in 10 Americans favor keeping the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. as a prescription drug, while over a third are opposed, according to a Gallup poll. (Adobe Stock)

Social Issues

play sound

New research shows more than six in 10 abortions in the U.S. last year were medically induced, and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto - D-NV - is …

Social Issues

play sound

Colorado is working to boost the state's agricultural communities by getting more fresh, nutritious foods into school cafeterias - and a new online …

Social Issues

play sound

Missouri lawmakers are concerned with protecting people from the potential risks of the increasing accessibility of AI-generated images and videos…

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021