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PNS Daily Newscast - January 22, 2021
Biden revokes permit for Keystone XL Pipeline; Dr. Anthony Fauci expresses relief at being able to speak honestly about COVID-19.
2021Talks - January 22, 2021
Cabinet appointments moving along: SecDef nominee Lloyd Austin's Senate confirmation may come today. Tribal reaction to Biden's permit cancellation of Keystone XL Pipeline, plus new details on COVID-response.
Public News Service - CO: Civil Rights
Click to downloadDenver, CO – Opponents of the Amendment 31 ballot proposal say it would be a real "negative" for affirmative action. Rosemary Harris, of the group Colorado Unity, says supporters of the amendment are using misinformation tactics, starting with naming the proposal the "Civil Rights Initiative."
Denver, CO – The GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community believes Colorado has come a long way from being branded the 'Hate State' for passing an anti-gay amendment in the 1990s. "Amendment 2" was eventually overturned in the courts. As Colorado's first openly gay Sta
Greeley, CO - It was one year ago this week that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents staged a major raid of meatpacking plants across the country, including one in Colorado. Immigrant rights groups are remembering the event, in Greeley and elsewhere, by calling for a new immigration
Denver, CO – The Colorado Supreme Court has approved the inclusion of a measure to ban affirmative action on the state's 2008 ballot, even though a broad coalition of groups is challenging the bill as unconstitutional. Rosemary Harris with the organization Colorado Unity says the use of phrase
The wallets of working families in several states will be a tad thicker this week. Voters around the country voted to raise the minimum wage for the first time in years. Here in Colorado, workers got a $1.70 bump to $6.85 per hour starting January 1. Bill Vandenberg with the Colorado Progressive C
