Newscasts
PNS Daily Newscast - December 8, 2020
New analysis shows a rough Christmas if federal action doesn't extend unemployment benefits; Georgia copes with a COVID-19 spike.
2020Talks - December 8, 2020
The Electoral College meets to certify the results; More legal defeats for Trump; and the Biden Administration takes form.
Environment
Monday, December 7, 2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The public has a chance to weigh in on Pennsylvania's participation in a program that could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and air pollution, and grow clean-energy jobs.
Starting Tuesday, the Department of Environmental Protection will hold virtual public hearings on a draft rule to have Pennsylvania join the Regional ...Read More
Friday, December 4, 2020
HELENA, Mont. -- Tribal advocacy helped push the U.S. Forest Service to protect parts of Montana's Crazy Mountains, and tribal members and conservation groups believe the agency should go even further.
The Custer Gallatin National Forest plan, likely to be released in early 2021, includes wilderness protections for a small portion of the Crazies ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Friday, December 4, 2020
CHICAGO -- Reproductive health providers in Illinois are preparing for an influx of patients if the 6-3 conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Ten states currently have abortion "trigger laws" ...Read More
Thursday, December 3, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- As they tend to patients amid a surge in COVID cases, many workers at Indiana's long-term care facilities are anxiously awaiting the distribution of a vaccine.
A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) panel this week said health-care workers and long-term care residents should be part of the Phase 1a distribution of a vaccine ...Read More
Social Issues
Monday, December 7, 2020
SEATTLE -- Some child-care providers in Washington state can get reimbursed to serve healthy meals.
The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program also helps cover costs for emergency homeless shelters and adult-care centers.
It's specifically aimed at organizations that serve low-income families ...Read More
Monday, December 7, 2020
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- New COVID-19 stimulus packages are still being hashed out at both the state and federal level.
But for immediate help, a longstanding program serves as a lifeline for Minnesotans who've seen their income reduced by the crisis and can't afford heating bills.
This fall ...Read More
