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PNS Daily Newscast - January 21, 2020
As the Biden presidency begins, voter suppression remains a pressing issue; faith leaders see an opportunity to reduce extremism.
2020Talks - January 21, 2021
Inauguration yields swift action: Joe Biden becomes 46th president and Kamala Harris vice president -- the first woman, African-American, and person of South Indian descent in this role. Harris seats new senators; Biden signs slew of executive actions and gets first Cabinet confirmation through the Senate.
Public News Service - KY: Civic Engagement
Click to downloadFRANKFORT, Ky. - The clock is ticking on Kentuckians who have yet to register to vote, and the group "Kentuckians for the Commonwealth" is reaching out to eligible voters to ensure they're part of the process. Janet Tucker has worked with KFTC's voter registration program since its inception in 200
DANVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky gets a taste of the national spotlight next month when Centre College and AARP Kentucky co-host a Vice Presidential Festival on the same day the vice presidential candidates square off on the college campus in their only scheduled televised debate. AARP State Director Ron
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform has been hearing from Kentuckians concerned about fairness, competitiveness and other factors that should make the state tax code work better for more residents. More testimony is to be heard this evening in Lexington. Alan Smit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Affordable Care Act crossed a major hurdle with Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, but here in Kentucky, as in the rest of the nation, the decision sets in motion a major "to do" list. Jodi Mitchell, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, says there are two main proj
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Advocates for children in Kentucky and across the country say the youngest Americans are being ignored so far in the presidential campaigns, and they're hoping that changes before November. The group Every Child Matters says big business is steering the campaigns with multimillion
FRANKFORT, Ky. - There's a waiting game being played in Kentucky, and AARP says it involves seniors who don't have access to the meals and other services they need to live independently. AARP Kentucky president James Kimbrough says his group is asking state lawmakers to help end that wait. "The e
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Voting rights advocates say it's time to turn the tide for most of the 186,000 Kentuckians who are being denied a voice at the ballot box because they're former felons who were convicted of nonviolent offenses. The social justice group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth is one
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A statewide smoke-free law is more than a breath of fresh air, according to a majority of Kentuckians in a new poll. They support legislation to ban smoking in indoor public places. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky commissioned the random survey of more than 1600 Kentuckians.
