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PNS Daily Newscast - September 20, 2019
A whistleblower complaint against President Trump sets off tug-of-war between Congress and the White House; and students around the world strike today to demand action on climate change.
2020Talks - September 20, 2019. (3 min.)
Climate change is a big issue this election season, and global climate strikes kick off, while UAW labor strikes continue.
Archive: June 20, 2013
ST. GEORGE, Utah - Women and girls in southwestern Utah have a new group of advocates - who are also women and girls. The new Three Corners Women's Giving Circle is the second such grassroots fund-raising group in the state. The women who join each pledge an amount of money every year to be pooled a ...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - Birds are feeling the negative effects of a warming climate, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and they are having trouble adapting. In Oregon, that means the marbled murrelets on the coast, sage grouse in the eastern Oregon desert, and world-cla ...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The National Security Agency wants a system that can monitor all electronic communications, according to an expert on the agency. The FBI director and the general heading the NSA are testifying to Congress that keeping phone call metadata - who called whom and for how long - has ...Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. - There's an urgent need for Minnesotans who want to help save lives by taking part in new research into what causes cancer and ways that people can reduce their risk. Enrollment in "Cancer Prevention Study 3" continues for one more week. Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for ...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas - It was supposed to be a special session focused on redistricting, but abortion has taken center stage at the Texas State Capitol. The state Senate this week passed a bill that would impose several new restrictions, and similar proposals will be taken up tonight by a committee of the ...Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The State Board of Education is to meet Friday to consider a proposal that opponents say would have a negative impact on teachers, schools and communities. The plan would gut the existing State Minimum Salary Schedule for educators, meaning decreased lifetime earnings, said Mitch ...Read More
NEW YORK CITY - The 2013 legislative session is nearing its end in Albany, but Environmental Advocates of New York is holding out hope that several environmental measures will make it to the Senate floor for a vote. Deputy Director David Gahl said there is legislation concerning hydrofracturing, cli ...Read More
BALTIMORE, Md. - More than 750,000 Marylanders don't have health insurance, and a new state agency is trying to reach them. The www.MarylandHBE.com. Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE) is hosting a series of public forums this summer to raise awareness of the new health insurance marketplace tha ...Read More
