Newscasts
PNS Daily Newscast - May 27, 2020
Four Minneapolis police officers fired following the death of a black man; and a federal lawsuit claims New Yorkers with disabilities excluded from expanded absentee ballot plan.
2020Talks - May 27, 2020
Republican governors in Georgia and Florida offer their states as alternatives to North Carolina, after President Trump expresses impatience about talks of a more limited Republican National Convention because of the pandemic.
Environment
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Jobless rates have soared in Minnesota and across the country as a result of the pandemic, and conservation groups say bringing back a public works program from the Great Depression might ease some of the economic pain in 2020 and beyond ...Read More
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to leave current limits on air pollution unchanged, but critics say the particle pollution standards aren't strict enough and put human health at risk.
Mustafa Santiago Ali is a member of the Environmental Protection Network and Vice President of Environmental Justice for the ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY -- While most Utahns seem to have weathered the coronavirus pandemic with less illness and death than has been seen elsewhere, they have not been unaffected by the crisis. Public health officials say the stress and uncertainty of living under a stay-at-home order has caused an increase in anxiety and depression.
In response ...Read More
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
LAS VEGAS -- COVID-19 has bumped the U.S. unemployment rate to historic levels, but advocates for those living with disabilities say the success of working from home should encourage employers to recognize their broad skill set.
Vince Loose, president and CEO at SourceAmerica, said in 2019 ...Read More
Social Issues
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Latinos in a Washington state community are fighting for fairness in elections.
In Yakima County, members of the county commission have remained white even as the Latino population has soared. Robin Engle, communications and development director for the immigrant rights group OneAmerica ...Read More
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. -- New legislation seeks to give more flexibility to North Carolina school districts in how they use state funding.
More than 60% of the money public schools receive comes from the state, but state Rep. Brandon Lofton, D-Charlotte, said that because of strict rules in the way dollars are allocated ...Read More
