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PNS Daily Newscast - February 26, 2021
A new study finds big gains in living-wage jobs under Biden Infrastructure Plan; U.S. House passes major protections for LGBTQ Americans.
2021Talks - February 26, 2021
A $15 minimum wage is out for now; Capitol Police on past and current threats; House passes major milestone for equality; and voting rights targeted across the nation.
Public News Service - MA: Civic Engagement
Click to downloadGREENFIELD, Mass. - They're going the extra block to make sure Commonwealth residents know what Obamacare offers and how to sign up. Enrollment jumped in November in the federal and state health insurance marketplaces, according to the White House. In Massachusetts, door-to-door canvassing by groups
BOSTON - Hedrick Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Soviet Union and wrote a best-seller called "The Russians." Now it's America that's under the magnifier wielded by Smith, a former New York Times editor and a correspondent on the PBS show "Frontline." According to Smith, the 22 m
BOSTON - Petition drives are asking public television stations to air a documentary called "Citizen Koch." It's about money in politics and the two billionaires, Charles and David Koch, who support conservative causes. Their backing of climate change skeptics especially angers a group called Foreca
BOSTON - As American workers continue to fill the streets of Madison, Wisconsin, supporters in the Bay State prepare for rallies in Boston and Springfield today. The immediate issue in Wisconsin is a bill to diminish collective bargaining rights for public employees, and while this is happening in M
BOSTON - Election Day is Tuesday, and by now, you've probably been bombarded with radio and television ads either touting one politician or bashing another. With money flowing like rivers into campaigns, it's been tough for voters to know where the money is coming from - until now. A non-partisan re
BOSTON - Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey and a handful of other Democrats are urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski to take action to preserve an open and free Internet. Their letter to Genachowski comes a week after Google and Verizon released a proposal tha
BOSTON - The U.S. Constitution begins: "We the people" - and a group of lawmakers in Massachusetts would like to keep it that way. In response to the Supreme Court ruling in January that now allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money for political ads, Massachusetts state Senator Jamie
BOSTON - Faneuil Hall will be bustling with more than tourists and shoppers tonight, as military veterans and advocacy groups gather there to make their case for repealing the controversial 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Among them will be Boston resident Travis Hengen, an Army veteran of 12 years
