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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 - MI: Social Justice
Click to downloadDETROIT - As many as 100,000 low-income Michiganders could be eligible for the state's Tuition Incentive Program, or "TIP," but are not enrolled because of outreach or operational hurdles. Catherine Brown is senior adviser to and co-author of a new report from the Institute for College Access & Su
By Ruth Terry for Yes! Media. Broadcast version by Lily Bohlke for Michigan News Connection reporting for the YES! Media-Public News Service Collaboration DETROIT -- Last December, nonprofit executive director Malik Yakini received an unexpected call. The caller, a woman who resides in California,
LANSING, Mich. -- Michiganders are not letting the pandemic stop observances honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King, Junior. Elaine Hardy, chair of the Martin Luther King Junior Commission of Mid-Michigan, said in the wake of global outrage against racism, Dr. King's message of equality and just
LANSING, Mich. - Some advocacy groups in Michigan are condemning hearings being held by state lawmakers into claims of voter fraud in the Detroit area. The Senate Oversight Committee spent most of yesterday listening to Republican poll watchers and others who said they witnessed irregularities in
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan's shift from blue to red in the 2016 presidential election could be an outlier, according to new research. The 'States of Change' report examines the ways generational changes could shape the next five presidential elections, from an aging eligible voter population to a mo
LANSING, Mich. - Some Michiganders convicted of drug offenses are facing lifelong punishments under the law that are not directly related to their crime. The state permanently bans those with felony convictions from two or more separate drug-related crimes from food assistance available under the
LANSING, Mich. -- With a global pandemic and national racial unrest, these are unprecedented times for youths in Michigan. And sexual health advocates say they can't commit to their mission without taking a stand against police violence and racism. As a program coordinator with the Michigan Organ
LANSING, Mich. -- As they join the nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, some faith leaders are calling on the white community to speak out against racial violence. At an online Vigil to End White Silence, the Rev. Mandy Beal of Birmingham Unitarian Church issued a
