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PNS Daily Newscast - April 13, 2021
Activists say another Minnesota police shooting adds to the area's trauma and call for action, plus Alabama's Amazon labor organizing builds on decades of civil rights work.
2021Talks - April 13, 2021
President Biden calls for peaceful protests after police in Minnesota fatally shoot a Black driver, McConnell slams Biden's infrastructure plan as a Trojan horse, and states are rated for their early voting options.
Archive: November 11, 2020
Click to downloadAUSTIN, Texas -- A growing number of students turn to Texas community colleges for the first two years of their education to save money before transferring to a four-year school. Too often, however, those students learn many of their credits won't transfer. Last year, Texas lawmakers passed Senate ...Read More
NEWPORT, N.C. -- North Carolina's oyster farmers are grappling with rising seas, ocean acidification and more severe storms - and many now are speaking out about the climate-change impacts they're witnessing firsthand. Tyler Chadwick, who grew up in the commercial fishing industry and now owns Caro ...Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota is projected to see a larger population of older adults in the next decade. To coincide with that growth, state leaders and senior advocates are working to make communities around the region more "age-friendly." By 2030, according to the state demographer, more than one ...Read More
BISMARCK, N.D. -- COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll on North Dakota. With the election out of the way, some hoped that politics might be taken out of debating the state's response, but the disagreements continue. Newly re-elected Gov. Doug Burgum announced this week that hospitals are at full capacit ...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One of the unspoken challenges among first-generation beginning farmers is the lack of social support and generational knowledge. An Ohio program is helping to address this by pairing new farmers with experienced sustainable farmers for insight and guidance. Minister Aaron Hopkins ...Read More
SEATTLE -- The Trump campaign is challenging the results of the election in court, but so far is coming up short in proving allegations of voter fraud. President Donald Trump has lawsuits in a handful of states. In Pennsylvania, his campaign won a small victory in state court, ruling that official ...Read More
BOSTON -- A proposal to tax the wealthiest residents of Massachusetts was defeated in the state House of Representatives on Tuesday during a budget debate. Budget Amendment 675, from Rep. Mike Connolly, D-Cambridge, would have raised the tax rate from 5% to 9% on unearned income such as dividends, ...Read More
EDWARDS, Colo. -- Immigrant communities in Eagle County are celebrating this week's launch of the Vida Foundation, the brainchild of Pastor Josué Rubio of the Vida Nueva Christian Center in Edwards. The nonprofit aims to address some of the area's most pressing challenges, including health and ...Read More
