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PNS Daily Newscast - January 23, 2019
McConnell to bring up Trump’s wall funding bill on Thursday; might allow a vote on Democrats' measure to end government shutdown. Also on the Wednesday rundown: A U.S. Supreme Court decision allows Trump’s transgender military ban. Plus, navigating the DNA challenges of connecting with long-lost family.
Daily Newscasts
Environment
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
HELENA, Mont. - Montanans are to gather at noon today outside the State Capitol to support clean energy in Big Sky Country.
Folks at the Clean Power for All rally are calling on state lawmakers, now in their third week of the session, to provide better access to renewable energy. Mary Fitzpatrick ...Read More
Monday, January 21, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A normally boring rule-making process is turning into a water fight for lawmakers. At the request of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association, the state Department of Environmental Protection shelved three years of work updating nearly 100 water-quality standards on potentially toxic pollutants ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
FRANKFORT, Ky. — There's a new effort to clear the air on school campuses across the Commonwealth. Students, school district leaders and healthcare professionals will be joining the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow in the Capitol Rotunda to encourage state lawmakers to pass a "tobacco-free students bill."
As a Monroe County CARES Youth ...Read More
Monday, January 21, 2019
PHOENIX – A new report concludes that federal health officials need to do more to protect the U.S. food supply.
According to the report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund, the number of recalls for tainted food increased between 2013 and 2018, with recalls for meat and poultry up more than 80 percent ...Read More
Social Issues
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
PITTSBURGH - Unionized workers say everyone will suffer consequences from the longest government shutdown in history, and that some of those out of work will never be paid.
Members of SEIU Local 32-BJ rallied outside the Pittsburgh office of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., on Tuesday ...Read More
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Taking care of children is labor intensive, which means it's also expensive, and that's why children's advocates say a bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature is needed urgently.
Known as the Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act, it would invest in prenatal care, home visits to new ...Read More
