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PNS Weekend Update - May 25th, 20130
Featured on our Memorial Weekend update: “March against Monsanto” protests in more than 200 cities to call attention to potential risks from genetically modified foods; The I-5 bridge collapse a call to action for the nation’s aging infrastructure, and one state just named the bird on their license plates.
Public News Service - Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. - From their beautiful songs to their stunning colors, birds are putting on their best displays this time of year. It's the spring migration season, and more than half the birds seen at backyard feeders and soaring across the sky right now are headed north to Canada's boreal forest. ...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Health-care reform at the state level is moving forward, as a program to be rolled out this summer will help residents sign up. The Navigator and Assister Program is a federal effort "that is designed to bring insurance enrollment directly to the people and to neighborhoods," said...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Just because you have a job doesn't mean it's easy to pay the rent in Connecticut. A new report, Housing Landscape 2013, from the nonprofit Center for Housing Policy shows that an increasing number of renters are spending more than half their income on housing. According to repor...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - It's billed as the largest gathering of people working to end homelessness in the state, and it gets underway today at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. According to Fran Martin, interim executive director of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, one big fac...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Today is the first day of Screen-Free Week, an annual effort by children's advocates to get kids free from the grip of electronic devices - if only for a few days. Started in 1996 as "TV Turnoff," it's now hosted by the Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) and promoted by...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Health care providers and Connecticut policymakers are meeting in Hartford today in an effort to make health care reform a reality for people of color in the state. According to Connecticut Health Foundation CEO Patricia Baker, these workshops are an important step to ensure that c...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Hospitals across New England were on alert Monday for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and local trauma officials say emergency preparedness now is part of the drill for all major events in the region. Sandra Carter Brown manages the Center for Emergency Medical Preparedne...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - When the explosions went off that killed at least two and injured scores more along the route of the Boston Marathon Monday, Curt Gilmore was at a tent beyond the finish line helping give food and drink to exhausted runners. "So I was at that tent out on Boylston Street, with a st...Read More