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PNS Daily News - May 21, 20130
Stories on today’s national rundown include: a deadly twister devastates an Oklahoma suburb; high stakes for children in an immigration reform bill; and a report finds New York is not is going to be able to fill the jobs of the future.
Public News Service - Maine
PORTLAND, Maine - 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
AUGUSTA, Maine - Just because you have a job doesn't mean it's easy to pay the rent in Maine. A new report, Housing Landscape 2013, from the nonprofit Center for Housing Policy shows more than 42,000 local renters are spending more than half their income on housing. According to report co-author M...Read More
ELLSWORTH, Maine - Saving fish populations described as "at rock bottom;" helping kids learn how to grow vegetables in three-foot by five-foot gardens; and turning a vacant lot in the town of Biddeford into a public park and gathering place: just some of the wide-ranging work to come out of the Qual...Read More
PORTLAND, Maine - 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 is now hosted by the Boston-based Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) an...Read More
PORTLAND, Maine - In the aftermath of another deadly day in America, parents are being reminded how such events can emotionally traumatize young children. According to psychologist Korenna Barto, the images and stories splashed everywhere can have a negative impact on a child's well-being, and that'...Read More
PORTLAND, Maine - 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
AUGUSTA, Maine - For some Mainers, this will be a busy day, gathering all the stuff they need to file their federal taxes. The deadline is midnight, and for those who waited until the last minute, it's often a mad dash to pull the appropriate documents together and fill in the blanks. According to...Read More
PORTLAND, Maine - Issues of Internet freedom have been the focus of a three-day national meeting. The National Conference for Media Reform brought together thousands of policymakers, advocates and tech experts, who met in Denver to discuss such issues as protecting the Internet from government, and ...Read More