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PNS Daily Newscast - March 5, 2021
New rules should speed large-scale clean-energy projects in NY; Texas' Gov. Abbott tries to shift COVID blame to release of "immigrants."
2021Talks - March 5, 2021
A marathon Senate session begins to pass COVID relief; Sanders plans a $15 minimum wage amendment; and work continues to approve Biden's cabinet choices.
Public News Service - CO: Social Justice
Click to downloadANTONITO, Colo. -- Young people living in southern Colorado's San Luis Valley are heading to Monarch for a ski and snow-tubing expedition this week, and for many it will be their first time on the slopes. The trip is part of Conejos Clean Water's Justice and Heritage Academy, which creates opportun
DENVER -- AARP is now accepting applications for its Community Challenge grant program. This year's focus is to increase investments in projects that boost diversity and inclusion, and that help local communities recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Applications will be accepted through April 14.
DENVER -- Colorado's food networks are finding new and creative ways to get fresh produce directly from farmers to people who need it during the coronavirus pandemic. Roberto Meza, co-founder of the East Denver Food Hub, said new partnerships made through Nourish Colorado's produce-box program have
DENVER -- Almost 40% of Coloradans are struggling to put food on the table because of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the highest rate of food insecurity ever reported in the state, according to a new Hunger Free Colorado survey. Ellie Agar, director of communications for the grou
DENVER - With the Colorado Legislatureback at work this week, the state's largest union of educators is calling on lawmakers to increase funding, make classrooms safe, and help attract and retain top-notch teachers. Amie Baca-Oehlert, a high school counselor and president of the Colorado Education
DENVER -- All Americans could have health coverage, and costs would drop by as much as $743 billion per year, if the U.S. switched to a single-payer health insurance system, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report. Matt Bruenig, president of the People's Policy Project, said the
DENVER -- As President-elect Joe Biden considers his pick for labor secretary, unions in Colorado and across the U.S. are eager to leave the Trump administration in the past. Dan Mauer, legislative director with the Communications Workers of America, said President Donald Trump's National Labor Re
DENVER -- As homeless communities prepare to honor lives lost in 2020 in a candlelit vigil Monday night in Denver, advocates are warning that pushing those experiencing homelessness back in the line to get COVID-19 vaccines would be a mistake. Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy
