The Yonder Report - March 20, 2025

Cuts to Medicaid and frozen funding for broadband are both likely to have a negative impact on rural healthcare, which is already struggling. Plus, lawsuits over the mass firing of federal workers have huge implications for public lands.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 19, 2025

Putin agrees to limits on energy targets but not full Ukraine cease-fire; Indiana students fight bill blocking college IDs at polls; Consumer protection agency cuts put Coloradans at risk for predatory big banks; Iowa farmers push back on agriculture checkoff cuts.

2025Talks - March 18, 2025

Trump Administration fights a court order on deportation flights, as lawyers say the government is overreaching on expelling migrants, and NOAA cuts could spell trouble for those concerned about weather emergencies.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 18, 2025

Texas charges midwife in first arrest under state's abortion ban; Program trains underserved high school students for careers in the 'data economy'; Bill would revamp OR special ed preschool funding; 'He didn't cut red tape': ND mayor echoes worry about national park layoffs.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 17, 2025

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants, even as a judge orders removals be stopped; Sierra Club sues DOGE over mass firings; Lack of opportunity pushes rural Gen Zers in AZ out of their communities; Fixing one problem, creating another? Ohio's lead pipe replacements.

2025Talks - March 14, 2025

Trump administration faces legal battles on birthright citizenship; the arrest of a Palestinian activist sparks protests over free speech. Conservationists voice concerns about federal job cuts impacting public lands, and Ohio invests in child wellness initiatives.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 14, 2025

Second federal judge orders temporary reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees fired by the Trump administration; U.S., Canada political tension could affect Maine summer tourism; Report: Incarceration rates rise in MS, U.S. despite efforts at reform; MI study: HBCU students show better mental health, despite challenges.

2025Talks - March 13, 2025

Senate Democrats refuse to support GOP budget bill. The EU and Canada respond to steel and aluminum tariffs and some groups work to counter Christian Nationalism, which they call a threat to democracy.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 13, 2025

EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change; Environmental groups sue over permit for West Virginia valley fills; Doubling down on care: Ohio's push for caregiver tax relief; Uncertain future of Y-12 complex under Trump administration threatens jobs, economy.

2025Talks - March 12, 2025

White House downplays stock market plunge, calling it "transitionary." House Republicans pass a stopgap funding bill, and the Department of Education is the latest agency to see mass layoffs.

2025Talks - March 11, 2025

House Democrats won't back the GOP budget bill. Ontario reacts to Trump trade moves by enacting energy export tariffs, and a new report finds mass deportations don t help the labor market.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 11, 2025

Ukraine targets Moscow with large-scale drone rttack; Almost 60% of CA Black women report discrimination at work; MO advocate urges healing over punishment for traumatized juveniles; TN nonprofits plan ahead for end of Summer EBT food program.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 10, 2025

Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs' effects on markets; SCOTUS to decide future of fund seen as a lifeline for rural broadband; Experts worry as zoonotic disease research is reviewed by Trump administration; Medicaid cuts could threaten school supports in NJ.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 7, 2025

Trump whipsaws on tariffs, giving Mexico and Canada a reprieve; New avian flu plan hatched by USDA, but experts are wary; PA teachers' union reacts to DEI lawsuit against Dept. of Education; Bill to increase penalties could overpopulate WV prisons.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 7, 2025

3 days in, Trump is backtracking on his tariffs on Mexico and Canada; AL faith leaders call for more congressional oversight of Trump team; Court rules MS Legislature not a 'public body,' allows closed-door meetings; WI group pitches in to help voters share views with reps in Congress.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 6, 2025

Trump admin plans to cut more than 70,000 jobs at Dept. of Veterans Affairs, memo says; Industrial farming in NC, US becomes breeding ground for bird flu; Possible closure of US Dept. of Education 'devastating' for VA; Jack Daniel's maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff'; Cuts looming for WA tribal public-health funding.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 6, 2025

Udder nonsense: Prof says RFK's raw milk claims not backed by science; Democrats make calls to invest in rural, working-class communities in NV; NM conservationists celebrate Aldo Leopold amid cuts to Forest Service.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 5, 2025

Trump may restore Ukraine aid pending confidence-building measures, White House says; Cuts to Medicaid considered to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts; Iowans react to nation's first law removing gender identity protections; EBT skimming scandal: no reimbursement for Ohioans who lose SNAP benefits.

2025Talks - March 5, 2025

Democrats sue to prevent Trump's takeover of the Federal Elections Commission, a privatized postal service could make mail-in voting more difficult, and states move ahead with their own versions of the Equal Rights Amendment.

PNS Daily Newscast - March 4, 2025

No last-minute deal for Canada or Mexico to avoid tariffs, Trump says; Rural AZ hotel's solar installation in limbo after federal funding freeze; Maryland medical aid-in-dying bill may pass after a decade; New findings: State workforces suffer when abortion restrictions tighten.

2025Talks - March 3, 2025

Speaker Johnson calls out Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, while also calling Putin "dangerous." Voting rights advocates are concerned about the SAVE Act's impact on Civil Rights, and some Democrats call for prioritizing rural and working-class people.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 3, 2025

Major storm to bring severe weather and create critical wildfire risk for millions; CT families face impacts from the congressional budget proposal; Accountability demanded amid training failures as OH jail deaths scrutinized; SNAP cuts would disproportionately impact Colorado's rural communities.

PNS Daily Newscast - February 28, 2025

Trump hosts UK prime minister at White House for critical talks on Ukraine; Low marks for NC Congress members in 2024 conservation scorecard; Why carbon offsets often don't work, explained; Ohio regional transit group plans shift to 'green' hydrogen for bus fleet; 'Egg-citing' ID bill lowers barriers for raising backyard chickens.

The Yonder Report - February 27, 2025

U.S. farmers are left twisting in the wind over farm projects the federal funding freeze has stalled, parks and public lands could be a mess for visiting tourists this summer, while money to fight rural wildfires is in jeopardy.