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PBS Daily Newscast - July 8, 2020
Mary Trump's book labels our president a reckless leader who paid a pal to take his SAT test; Nevada lawmakers meet to address pandemic shortfall.
2020Talks - July 8, 2020
The Movement for Black Lives announces a new proposal to overhaul policing and invest in Black communities; NJ and DE have primary elections today; and some political candidates join in a Facebook advertising boycott.
Public News Service - WI: Women's
MADISON, Wis. - It's called speed mentoring and it gives participants a chance to spend five quality minutes with 10 female leaders in Wisconsin government. The event will be held in Madison on Jan. 21. Megan Purtell, president of Wisconsin Women in Government, a statewide nonpartisan women's org
MILWAUKEE – Lung cancer is the top cancer killer of both women and men, taking the lives of almost twice as many women as any other cancer. More than 1,900 Wisconsin women will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Anyone can get lung cancer, even people who have never smoked. November
MADISON, Wis. – Domestic violence takes a toll on the millions of Americans affected by it every year. The American Psychology Association says 3 million children in the U.S. are exposed annually to domestic violence in their homes. Emily Barnes, director of development and communications
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin has been taking steps backward in the past several years, according to the board chair of the Wisconsin Women's Network. Katherine Dellenbach said a number of obstacles to voting have been enacted that tarnish the state's reputation as a leader in women's voting rights. Wi
MADISON, Wis. - The Republican-led attempt to defund Planned Parenthood would, if successful, have exactly the opposite effect than the organizers of the attack claim to desire, according to Nicole Safar, government relations director for Planned Parenthood-Wisconsin. Recently, Gov. Scott Walker le
MADISON, Wis. - Political theater is nothing new to Madison, but an event to be held at 4 p.m. today on the Capitol Square is a unique attempt to stop a 20-week abortion ban, which passed the state Senate last week. Dayna Long, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Organization for Wom
MADISON, Wis. – State lawmakers are likely to propose legislation that would ban abortions in Wisconsin after the 20th week, and Gov. Scott Walker says that if such a bill passes, he'll sign it. A number of women's health advocacy groups are strongly opposed to such legislation, calling it i
NEW BERLIN, Wis. – The second full week in May is National Women's Lung Health Week. Kim Schmidt is a member of the American Lung Association in Wisconsin's Leadership Board and chair of the Lung Force Women's Cabinet. She says people don't realize what a horrible killer lung cancer is. Lung
