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PNS Daily News - December 9, 2019
The Pensacola shooting investigated as an act of terror; Trump faces criticism over so-called anti-Semitic comments; and some local governments adapt to meet the needs of immigrants.
2020Talks - December 9, 2019
Candidates have a busy week in Iowa, despite a weekend shooting on Pensacola Navy Air Base. Also, candidates start butting heads, notably South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and MA Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Archive: October 3, 2012
DENVER - All eyes will be on Denver tonight as the first presidential debate of the 2012 election season gets under way. The debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will focus on domestic issues. Both candidates could be at risk here, says Ken Bickers, a political scien ...Read More
CHICAGO - It's crunch time for thousands of Illinois elders who have less than a certain income but are not eligible for Medicaid. They had been relying on the "Illinois Cares RX" program to help pay for prescriptions, but that program was eliminated July 1. David Vinkler, AARP Illinois associate ...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Head Start programs in Ohio are going beyond the ABCs and 123s to give young children the best possible start in life as well as in their schooling. October is Head Start Awareness Month - and for decades, many community action agencies in Ohio have been running Head Start programs ...Read More
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The second of three presidential debates will be held Oct. 16 at Hofstra University on Long Island. It'll be "town meeting" style, with participants selected by the Gallup organization from a pool of undecided voters. If you could attend the debate, a number of civic leaders were ...Read More
ST. LOUIS - President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney face off in the first of three debates tonight, and environmentalists from Missouri and around the nation want to know what they plan to do about climate change. More than 100,000 people have signed petitions urging debate moderator Jim Lehrer to pre ...Read More
SEATTLE - When Washington's hourly minimum wage increases in January, it will mean $6 more per week for full-time workers at that pay rate. The 15-cent increase raises their annual income to a bit more than $19,000. That's enough for a single person to live on in most counties. Add just one child, ...Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa - When it comes to sex education, parents are the best educators. And "Let's Talk Month" in October is a perfect opportunity for families to get the conversation started. A national survey by Planned Parenthood and Family Circle magazine on parent-adolescent communication made some ...Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - About $3 million of Florida taxpayers' money will be spent to fill Fisheating Creek in Glades County, a major tributary of Lake Okeechobee. The state is using sand for the job provided by Lykes Brothers, an agribusiness upstream on the creek. A lawsuit filed Tuesday against the ...Read More
