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PNS Daily Newscast - March 4, 2021
A union representing teachers and school employees praises Biden's vaccination plan; Biden bows to pressure from his own party on stimulus checks.
2021Talks - March 3rd, 2021
Supreme Court hears voting-rights cases, while the House considers election reforms; FBI says 'Antifa' wasn't involved on Jan. 6; COVID relief could pass this week; and background-check bills are introduced in both chambers.
Archive: November 17, 2020
Click to downloadMEMPHIS -- Gov. Bill Lee has delayed the execution of Pervis Payne until next spring, citing challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The execution originally was scheduled for December 3. The case has made national headlines because of Payne's intellectual disability. According ...Read More
SEATTLE -- The Nature Conservancy has been chosen as one of the first recipients to benefit from Jeff Bezos' $10 billion fund to fight climate change. The Bezos Earth Fund is contributing $100 million to the organization, $20 million of which will go to its project to protect old-growth forests in t ...Read More
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden are researching how planting wildflowers, clovers and other vegetation at solar farms can help improve water quality. Megan Day is the lab's senior energy planner. She said instead of laying gravel, which requires re ...Read More
BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota health care professionals say they're happy to see new statewide measures aimed at stopping the dramatic COVID-19 surge. But an advocacy group for nurses remains concerned a prior decision will impact the safety of workers and patients. Over the weekend, Gov. Doug Bu ...Read More
MESA, Ariz. -- Arizonans eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program are hopeful but cautious over a court ruling that could reverse a Trump administration policy that crippled the program. A federal judge last week declared the appointment of Chad Wolf as interim Sec ...Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- As the Supreme Court continues deliberations over challenges to the Affordable Care Act, health care advocates are urging Marylanders to sign up during open enrollment, which lasts until December 15. More than 6 million folks in the state have the choice to pick or change their h ...Read More
NEW YORK -- "Give Thanks, give health care" - that's the message airport workers will deliver to Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a rally today at noon at LaGuardia Airport. In July, New York lawmakers passed the Healthy Terminals Act, a bill supporters say would provide some 25,000 terminal cleaners, baggage ...Read More
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Like many people in this unusual year, I am adjusting my family's holiday plans so that we can all be safe during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. I am an epidemiologist and mother of four with a large extended family. Given the serious nationwide resurgence of COVID-19 infect ...Read More
