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PNS Daily Newscast - January 21, 2020
As the Biden presidency begins, voter suppression remains a pressing issue; faith leaders see an opportunity to reduce extremism.
2020Talks - January 21, 2021
Inauguration yields swift action: Joe Biden becomes 46th president and Kamala Harris vice president -- the first woman, African-American, and person of South Indian descent in this role. Harris seats new senators; Biden signs slew of executive actions and gets first Cabinet confirmation through the Senate.
Archive: April 25, 2014
Click to downloadJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Medicaid expansion is not a handout to the unemployed – a message some health care and business advocates hope Missouri lawmakers take from a new report. It finds that more than half of the Missourians who would benefit from the move are workers critical to the st ...Read More
DETROIT – What does one day in Detroit look like? Hundreds of filmmakers, non-profit organizations and inspired citizens will take to Detroit’s streets with video cameras on Saturday to answer the question. Detroit is one of 11 U.S. cities and metropolitan areas to be featured in a na ...Read More
ANACORTES, Wash. – A handful of small cities in Washington are making an energy-saving commitment that could have a giant payoff, and more could sign up. It's a national competition with a $5 million prize, open to towns and cities with populations from 5,000 to 250,000. Dr. Francis Slakey, ...Read More
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Worries about wildfires, snowpack levels, earlier snowmelt dates and drier summers are uniting Montanans for 13 rallies across the state on Saturday, in a campaign called Montanans for Climate Solutions. Bozeman Deputy Mayor Carson Taylor says there are more than 80 local gov ...Read More
SALEM, Ore. – Encouraging farmers to plant an extra row or acre of food for charity is the goal of the Crop Donation Tax Credit signed into law on Thursday by Gov. John Kitzhaber. The state used to have a 10 percent tax credit to help farmers offset the cost of planting and harvesting food d ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Many people have medications in their homes that are either expired or unused, and state leaders want to ensure they don't get into the wrong hands. Saturday is ...Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Some good news from a just-released report from Teenwise Minnesota, showing the teen pregnancy and birth rates in the state have fallen to historic lows. Jill Farris, Teenwise’s director of Training and Education, says the rates were at their peaks in the early 1990s, ...Read More
NEW YORK – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has signaled his intention to allow broadband Internet service providers such as Comcast or Time Warner Cable to charge content providers, including ESPN and Netflix, higher prices for faster download speeds. Internet freedom ...Read More
