Public News Service - Social Issues

Des Moines, IA – The recession has a lot of college-aged students and their parents reviewing their education choices, and for many a four-year ...Read More

Denver - They say it's a smart plan that puts the basic health of Colorado women and families back where it should be. Public health and family ...Read More

Santa Fe, NM - They worry they might be asked to shoulder the burden of the state's budget woes. That's the message from New Mexico public school ...Read More

Albany, NY - Come visit New York! That's the invitation a New York think tank is issuing to Vice President Joe Biden's Middle-Class Task Force ...Read More

Nashville, TN – A Tennessee group says the state's tax code is full of loopholes. Closing those loopholes is the goal of four of five tax bills ...Read More

Seattle, WA - On Tuesday, more than 200 attorneys will go back to school to learn how to help people avoid foreclosure - people who couldn't afford ...Read More

Columbus, OH – The task of filing tax paperwork can be intimidating for anyone, let alone those trying to figure out complex matters such as ...Read More

Harrisburg, PA - A bill now before the Pennsylvania legislature would outlaw discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity ...Read More

As debate continues over the renewal of the national No Child Left Behind Act, research released today by the Great Lakes Center for Education ...Read More

Boise, ID – A little something has been missing from Idaho women's paychecks – and it amounts to a 40 percent dent in salaries. According ...Read More