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PNS Daily Newscast - January 18, 2019.
A blockbuster storm forecast to bring major snowfall to the Midwest today, Northeast over the weekend. Also on the Friday rundown: Women’s Marches planned across the nation tomorrow; plus Democrats slog through Iowa on path to the White House.
Archive: July 5, 2016
MADISON, Wis. - Agricultural producers, ag-industry representatives, and academic specialists from around the country will be headed to Wisconsin later this month for the annual National Value-Added Agricultural Conference. The big event is July 21-22 in Madison, attracting farmers, service provider ...Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine - No sooner did a new law pass in New England to require labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms than members of Congress started working to short-circuit the new labeling. Jean Halloran, director of Food Policy Initiatives for the Consumers Union, says the new ...Read More
DENVER – Some consumers are having a rough go with insurance companies in Colorado. After Tyler Boon's employer switched health plans, he spent the better part of a week trying to find a new primary care physician for his family, including his pregnant wife. Nearly every provider he called ...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - State court judges in Oregon are disproportionately male and white, according to a new study called The Gavel Gap, released by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. The study said both men and women of color are underrepresented in the judiciary, compared with the st ...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio – It's been a sizzling start to summer, but some vulnerable Ohioans can get financial help to beat the heat. The state's Summer Crisis Program through the Home Energy Assistance Program offers assistance in the payment of an electric bill and/or an air conditioner or fan. To ...Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Improvement Program's five-year plan recently released by the Iowa Department of Transportation includes nearly $1.2 billion of much-needed funding for aviation, railway and roadway projects for fiscal year 2017. However, just a tiny fraction of that goes to cre ...Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - There is new hope for the 280,000 Tennesseans currently in the coverage gap - making too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford insurance on their own through the Health Exchange. The state's 3-Star Health Task Force released its plan late last week to use a two-pha ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. - The district lines drawn by state lawmakers restructuring the Wake County Board of Education and County Commission are unconstitutional. That's the ruling issued Friday by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. While the case specifically affects voters in Wake County, Allison Riggs, ...Read More
