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PNS Daily Newscast - June 26, 2019
Mueller to testify in open session; migrant children returned to troubled detention center; plus ending the school-to-prison pipeline, and seeking justice for Native Americans killed at Wounded Knee.
Daily Newscasts
Environment
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
WINCHESTER, Va. - The aging national parks are in need of repairs and maintenance, and a bill to fund that work is being discussed today in the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.
The bipartisan Restore Our Parks Act would establish the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund ...Read More
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Hope is on the horizon to fix up our national parks, which have compiled almost $12 billion in deferred maintenance. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives' Committee on Natural Resources will discuss a bill to fund about half the repairs.
The money would take care of broken bathrooms, eroding trails ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
HOUSTON — More than half of all Texans say they struggle on a daily basis to afford health care, according to a new survey. The findings come from the 2019 Texas Health Policy Survey from the Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation.
Brian Sasser, chief communications officer with the foundation ...Read More
Monday, June 24, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Opioid prescriptions in Tennessee dropped by about one-third between 2013 and 2018, according to new data released by the Tennessee Medical Association.
The figures show a steady decrease in the numbers of opioid prescriptions filled statewide – from more than 8.5 million in 2013, to almost 5.7 million last year ...Read More
Social Issues
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine — After 22 years in office, Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins is no longer representing the interests of Maine residents, says her newest challenger.
In announcing her campaign to unseat Collins in 2020, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon cited Collins' controversial vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and ...Read More
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report documents the shift of manufacturing jobs away from Northeastern states as the manufacturing sector has shrunk overall.
The report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce said in the 1940s, almost a quarter of all jobs were in manufacturing ...Read More
