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PNS Daily Newscast - January 28, 2021
President Biden's ban on private prisons does not extend to immigrant detention centers; GameStop sends markets for a loop.
2021Talks - January 28, 2021
Some Senate Democrats consider alternatives to Trump impeachment trial. President Biden signed executive orders Wednesday combating climate change, and sets modern record of EOs during his first week in office.
Archive: March 29, 2016
Click to downloadSEATTLE - Women's History Month may be wrapping up, but there's still time to honor women who have changed society and women who are changing it now. In the historically male-dominated solar energy sector, women in the Evergreen state are making headway. They comprise over a quarter of the state's ...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - Women's History Month is wrapping up, and women are making gains in Oregon's solar energy sector, according to The Solar Foundation. The Foundation's report says women made up more than one-quarter of the solar workforce last year. That's 2.5 percentage points above the national a ...Read More
LANSING, Mich. - Social media and the Internet make a person's image seem important, but with money tight some Michiganders can't live the lifestyle they want while still paying the bills. Blogger at Mama Gone Thrifting! LaTashia Perry has four kids and one on the way, and explains that it is poss ...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - Consumer advocates will speak out about health insurer Anthem Blue Cross' proposed takeover of rival Cigna at a hearing today before the California Department of Insurance in San Francisco. The deal would create the nation's largest insurer, with 53 million plan members. Tam Ma, ...Read More
BILLINGS, Mont. - Advocates for renewable energy are rallying in Billings today just ahead of a three-day Montana Energy conference sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines. The clean energy rally is sponsored by the Northern Plains Resource Council. Ben Reed, a member who owns a local solar business, Winpo ...Read More
ST. LOUIS - Voters in St. Louis and Kansas City are being asked to keep a one percent city earnings tax in place to fund programs and services. The way it works is those who live or work in the cities pay a one percent tax and the money goes into the city's general fund. It has to be approved by ...Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. - Faced with layoffs and cuts, public safety workers are telling Connecticut legislators to find other ways to balance the state budget. "Respect Those Who Protect" is the message members of the Connecticut Public Safety Employees Coalition hope lawmakers will hear at today's rall ...Read More
DENVER - An initiative on the November ballot to make Colorado the first state to establish public, universal health coverage is facing well-financed opposition from business and conservative groups. As former head of corporate communications at the health insurance giant Cigna, Wendell Potter say ...Read More
