Newscasts
PNS Daily Newscast - August 3, 2020
Negotiations to resume today on a COVID-19 relief package; advocates brace for surge in homeless Americans.
2020Talks - August 3, 2020
Concerns about U.S. Postal Service delays and voter intimidation from voting rights advocates. Plus, Joe Biden calls for emergency housing legislation.
Environment
Monday, August 3, 2020
HELENA, Mont. - This August is the fifth annual Montana Local Food Challenge. With the food supply chain and local businesses in a precarious state because of COVID-19, eating locally has added significance this year.
During the challenge, Montanans are asked to eat something grown locally every day ...Read More
Monday, August 3, 2020
LEWISTOWN, Mont. - Conservation groups are disappointed in the Bureau of Land Management's resource plan for central Montana.
The agency released the final resource-management plan for 650,000 acres overseen by its Lewistown field office.
Aubrey Bertram, eastern Montana field director for the Montana Wilderness Association ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Friday, July 31, 2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The state's new tax on e-cigarettes goes into effect tomorrow.
Prices for cartridge-based e-cigarettes will increase by $1.50 per pod, and containers of refillable e-cigarette liquid will be taxed at 15% of the wholesale price.
Bonnie Hackbarth ...Read More
Thursday, July 30, 2020
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine is one of two states with the lowest COVID-19 risk levels, according to new analysis from Harvard University.
The Harvard Global Health Institute and others, including Microsoft AI for Health, are tracking daily coronavirus cases across the country on an interactive map, where most states' case numbers are rising ...Read More
Social Issues
Monday, August 3, 2020
MILWAUKIE, Ore. -- Health care workers at an Oregon hospital say they are rallying for livable wages. Members of the Service Employees International Union local 49 are urging Providence Hospital management in Milwaukie to complete bargaining with workers.
Stephanie Shufelt is an emergency room registrar who has worked at Providence for 15 years ...Read More
Monday, August 3, 2020
SANTA FE, N.M. - The novel coronavirus pandemic has shown no let-up, but service providers who work with Santa Fe's homeless population are reporting effective outcomes, even as they worry about future funding and the approach of winter.
Hank Hughes, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness ...Read More
