skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Friday, March 29, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

Should North Dakota Turn Blue, the Reason Could Surprise You

play audio
Play

Tuesday, November 4, 2008   

Fargo, ND – North Dakota has been a red state for decades, but polls show the race is close enough that the state might switch to being a blue state. If it does, observers say much of the credit will belong to an all-volunteer grassroots organization.

The Barack Obama campaign pulled its staff out of the state in September to add resources to neighboring states, but an organization founded by two women continued working to keep the race close. Beth Nodland, chairperson of the North Dakota Grassroots for Obama, admits she had to rekindle old political passions.

"Many years ago I was active in politics but I had kind of become disillusioned."

Nodland says that, since her son was born this year, she now has a new drive to get involved in the political process. Nodland says North Dakota hasn't voted Democratic since 1964, but in the last month she's seen a cross-section of new faces step up to volunteer.

"What we have seen coming in off the street here are young families, lots of independents, and quite a few cross-over Republicans."

She credits two factors for North Dakota being in play this year - the downturn in the economy, and the state's history of "progressive prairie populism." Even though the latest poll gives their candidate John McCain just a one-point advantage, Republicans are confident they can hold the state.




get more stories like this via email

more stories
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week about the popular abortion pill Mifepristone and will weigh in on whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was correct in how it can be dosed and prescribed. (Ascannio/Adobe Stock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

Missouri residents are worried about future access to birth control. The latest survey from The Right Time, an initiative based in Missouri…


Social Issues

play sound

Wisconsin children from low-income families are now on track to get nutritious foods over the summer. Federal officials have approved the Badger …

Social Issues

play sound

Almost 2,900 people are unsheltered on any given night in the Beehive State. Gov. Spencer Cox is celebrating signing nine bills he says are geared …


The U.S. teaching workforce remains primarily white while the percentage of Black teachers has declined. However, the percentage of Asian and Latinx teachers is rising.(WavebreakMediaMicro/Adobestock)

Social Issues

play sound

Education advocates are calling on lawmakers to increase funding for programs to combat the teacher shortage. Around 37% of schools nationwide …

Environment

play sound

New York's Legislature is considering a bill to get clean-energy projects connected to the grid faster. It's called the RAPID Act, for "Renewable …

Social Issues

play sound

Earlier this month, a new Arizona Public Service rate hike went into effect and one senior advocacy group said those on a fixed income may struggle …

Social Issues

play sound

Michigan recently implemented a significant juvenile justice reform package following recommendations from a task force made up of prosecutors…

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021