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PNS Daily Newscast - August 5, 2020
A massive explosion kills dozens and injures thousands in Beirut; and child care is key to getting Americans back to work.
2020Talks - August 5, 2020
Election experts testify before the US House that more funding is necessary. And Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington state had primaries yesterday; Hawaii and Tennessee have them later this week.
Archive: December 05, 2014
HELENA, Mont. - Weeds, fire risk, logging, recreation, mining. Locals can come up with solutions for all those issues on National Forest lands. A new report from The Wilderness Society takes a look at 15 collaborative groups around the state that have designed plans with input from businesses, cons ...Read More
LAS VEGAS - Nevadans are being encouraged to be cautious when donating to nonprofits this holiday season. People should be doing some homework before making a donation and be wary of anyone asking for money over the phone or Internet or using high-pressure tactics, said Beverly Salhanick, an attorn ...Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. - It appears Minnesota has fully regained its financial footing post-recession, with the latest state budget forecast projecting a surplus of $1 billion. The new estimate paints a vastly brighter picture than that of just three years ago, when the state was facing a deficit of more ...Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota is among the states where child care is least affordable, according to the latest research. The report from Child Care Aware of America ranks Minnesota with the fourth-highest burden in the nation when comparing the average cost against average income. However, Ann McCu ...Read More
LEXINGTON, Ky. - How hungry is Kentucky? A new report from Feeding America finds that more than 3.5 million food distributions were made this year to more than 209,000 Kentucky households. That's one in every seven Kentuckians turning to a food bank for help. "We keep hearing that the Great Recessi ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS - Supporters of women's reproductive rights call it a victory, but the Indiana Attorney General's Office says it is reviewing a federal judge's ruling that an abortion law is unconstitutional. The law would have required abortion facilities that offer only nonsurgical abortions to meet ...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Marcellus boom has meant more than 70 million man-hours of work building support infrastructure in the past six years, according to a new report. The study looked at jobs not connected to the actual drilling of the wells in six states. Bob Bruno, a professor of labor and em ...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The millennial generation is driving less often than older generations, and experts say colleges and universities in Ohio are stepping up to meet the demand for alternative transit options. Phineas Baxandall, a senior analyst for the Ohio Public Interest Research Group, said school ...Read More
