Newscasts
PNS Daily Newscast - November 13, 2019
Public impeachment hearings in Washington; dreamers protest in Texas; roadless wilderness areas possibly at risk around the country; and an ozone indicating garden, at the North Carolina Governor's Mansion.
2020Talks - November 13, 2019
Supreme Court hears DACA arguments, and likely will side with the Trump administration, but doesn't take up a gun manufacturer's appeal. Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford drops out of presidential race; and former President Jimmy Carter recovers from brain surgery.
Daily Newscasts
Environment
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
LANSING, Mich. - The Trump administration wants to reverse roadless protections for the country's largest national forest, and opponents fear pristine land in Michigan and other states could be next.
A U.S. House committee holds a hearing today on a proposal to fully exempt the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska from the 2001 Roadless ...Read More
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
COSTA MESA, Calif. - Federal fishery managers are considering funding a review of existing data to determine whether to allow an older type of fishing gear - one long criticized, both by recreational fishers and conservationists - to be used off the West Coast ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Monday, November 11, 2019
PHOENIX — Enrollment is open for health insurance coverage in 2020 under the Affordable Care Act, and advocates say thousands of Arizonans could be missing out on low-cost coverage. The sign-up period for health plans began November 1 and runs through December 15.
Just over 160,000 Arizonans enrolled in the plan in 2019 ...Read More
Monday, November 11, 2019
BOISE, Idaho – Wildfires are a threat in the West, but their smoke is even more deadly, researchers say.
However, a new survey shows Idahoans don't necessarily see it that way.
Researchers at Boise State University surveyed Gem State residents and found 90% have experienced at least one symptom associated with smoke, such as itchy eyes ...Read More
Social Issues
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released his veterans plan on Monday in New Hampshire, and appealed directly to Vietnam veterans.
An Iraq war veteran himself, Buttigieg went off script during his address at the Rochester Opera House to speak to those who served in Vietnam ...Read More
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz. — Government prosecutors in Tucson federal court are set to open a retrial today of a humanitarian aid worker who helped migrants in the Arizona desert. The original trial of Scott Warren on charges related to providing food, water and shelter to undocumented migrants ended in July with a deadlocked jury ...Read More
