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PNS Daily Newscast - March 20, 2019
Joe Biden tells supporters he intends to run in the 2020 presidential election. Also, on the Wednesday rundown: A landmark bill in California would ban toxic chemicals in cosmetics; and, groups sue to end disease-spreading elk feeding.
Daily Newscasts
Environment
Monday, March 18, 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. – Farmers see a fresh crop on the rise with the federal government's proposal to allow ethanol-blended gasoline to be sold year-round.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule change that would lift the summertime prohibition on use of E15, or gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol ...Read More
Friday, March 15, 2019
BALTIMORE - Maryland soon could become the first state to ban Styrofoam food containers and cups.
A bill passed this week by the House of Delegates prohibits restaurants, supermarkets, vending trucks, movie theaters and schools from providing polystyrene food containers. Even egg cartons would have to be made of alternative materials ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Monday, March 18, 2019
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washingtonians facing a health emergency rarely have time to consider if the local hospital or doctor is in their insurance network.
But they can be hit with steep bills if they aren't covered.
A bill in the Washington state Legislature seeks to address this issue ...Read More
Monday, March 18, 2019
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A shelter in Bowling Green will be able to help more women fleeing abusive relationships afford safe housing, thanks to a grant of more than $500,000 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Tori Henninger, executive director of Barren River Area Safe Space, or BRASS ...Read More
Social Issues
Monday, March 18, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Housing is a foundation for living, and a new report suggests it's an unstable foundation for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans.
"The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes" by the National Low Income Housing Coalition ...Read More
Monday, March 18, 2019
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – AARP has launched a federal and state level campaign to stop drug companies from price gouging.
Sam Shumway, state director of AARP Wyoming, says the cost of health insurance in Wyoming ranks in the top five nationally, largely as a result of rising drug prices ...Read More
