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PNS Daily News - June 19, 20130
We’re covering stories on a variety of issues in today’s rundown including: Farm Bill vote that could impact both SNAP benefits and the treatment of animals; a lawmaker faces criticism for his changes to an immigration bill; and a youth summit focuses on Native Americans in foster care.
Public News Service - South Dakota
YANKTON, S.D. - The U.S. House of Representatives takes up the next Farm Bill today. As funding for many programs is being scaled back or eliminated, stretching every dollar is the focus of an amendment supported by groups that don't usually agree. The American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farm...Read More
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – AARP officials from around the country were in Washington this week, meeting with congressional members to talk about possible changes to Social Security and Medicare. Dennis Eisnach, volunteer president of AARP South Dakota, says his organization surveyed its members and...Read More
YANKTON, S.D. - The approval of the Farm Bill in the U.S. Senate this week is a step in the right direction, Traci Bruckner, assistant director of policy, Center for Rural Affairs, said, because the legislation contains needed help for agricultural development, small rural businesses and those just ...Read More
YANKTON, S.D. - American women are 37 percent more likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, than men, and millions of women have symptoms that have gone undiagnosed, according to a report from the American Lung Association. Dr. Steven Brown, a pulmonary specialist who has pra...Read More
YANKTON, S.D. - America's farmers could play a key role in altering the path of climate change. According to Johnathan Hladik, senior policy advocate at the Center for Rural Affairs, with the implementation of certain practices, agricultural soils have the potential to pull carbon out of the air and...Read More
YANKTON, S.D. – Honeybees are still in decline across the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that points to pesticides, parasites, poor diet and lack of genetic diversity as some of the problems. The situation has piqued interest in native bees, whic...Read More
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - This summer, there will be another chance for South Dakotans to weigh in on the future of Medicare and Social Security. Last year, members of AARP South Dakota held meetings in each of the state's 66 counties as part of their "You've Earned a Say" campaign. According to the grou...Read More
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Almost a third of those suffering stroke symptoms do not get to a hospital in an ambulance, risking more permanent damage or even death, according to the findings of a recent study by the American Heart Association. This is "National EMS Week", according to Chrissy Meyer with t...Read More