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PNS Daily Newscast - January 27, 2021
Biden executive orders address pollution and environmental justice; health professionals note a link between climate change and human health.
2021Talks - January 27 , 2021
The Senate moves forward with Trump's impeachment trial; scholars question the legality of impeachment after an official is out of office.
Public News Service - TX: Criminal Justice
Click to downloadAUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers are trying to decide whether privatizing more jails would save money. Opponents fear such a measure would reverse recent reforms of the state's correctional system. Ana Correa, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, says Texas now leads the nati
AUSTIN, Texas - Thousands of Texans are expected to converge on the state Capitol today, hoping to talk lawmakers out of plans to balance the state budget mostly with sweeping program cuts instead of new revenues. Organizers of the "Save Our State" rally say many Texans are under the mistaken impre
AUSTIN, Texas - A condemned man is still fighting his execution scheduled for tomorrow in Huntsville, after a district judge ruled that new procedures do not violate state law. Lawyers for Cleve Foster are appealing that decision today, insisting that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
AUSTIN, Texas - Attorneys for Texas death-row inmate Timothy Adams are set to file clemency papers in the case today. Adams is scheduled to be executed on Feb. 22 for the shooting death of his 19-month-old son during a domestic dispute. The case triggered strong emotions because of the young age o
AUSTIN, Texas - There was concern today that state budget woes could spell the end of the Texas Innocence Clinics. But the base budget released late last night preserves funding for the project's law school programs, where students work on cases free of charge in order to gain experience. More than
