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PNS Daily Newscast - Friday, August 23, 2019 


A federal court ruling changes how the President is elected, and Florida Democrats trigger a special session vote on guns. Those stories and more in today's news.

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The number of migrant families arriving at the border has surged during the Trump administration. (Riko Best/Adobestock)
Immigrants’ Rights Groups Decry New Child-Detention Policy
Thursday, August 22, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Migrant children and their families could be held in camps almost indefinitely while their request for asylum plays out in ...Read More
About 10% of Oregon's population lives in hard-to-count neighborhoods. (Wokandapix/Pixabay)
Philanthropy Groups Line Up to Ensure Accurate OR Census Count
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore. – Philanthropic groups are partnering with the state of Oregon to ensure hard-to-count areas are included in the 2020 census ...Read More
Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., is the site where the first ship bearing enslaved Africans landed in the English colonies in August 1619. (National Park Service)
400th Anniversary of Birth of U.S. Slavery to be Commemorated in VA
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
HAMPTON, Va. – Events marking the 400th anniversary of the birth of slavery in the United States will take place in Hampton this weekend ...Read More
South Dakota's new state law requiring public schools to display the motto,
'In God We Trust' Motto Greets Returning SD Students
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The mandatory display of the motto "In God We Trust" will greet South Dakota students when they return to public schools on ...Read More
About 80% of confirmed judges under the Trump administration are male and around 90% of them are white, according to the Congressional Research Service. (QuinceMedia/Pixabay)
Trump's White, Conservative Judges Will Decide Decades of Civil Rights
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A judicial watchdog group says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has created an "assembly line" for approving ...Read More
The Wisconsin Policy Forum is calling for more efforts to curb drug and alcohol abuse to stop recent trends impacting life expectancy in Wisconsin. (Pixabay)
Report: Life Expectancy Drops; Increased Mortality Among Black Wisconsinites
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
MADISON, Wis. — The life expectancy for people in Wisconsin has declined for a second straight year, according to a new report. The ...Read More
North Carolina Asian Americans Together and other advocacy organizations have expressed opposition to the Trump administration's move to broaden who is considered to be a
NC’s Asian-American Community “On Edge” Amid Immigration Law Changes
Monday, August 19, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. — Trepidation is rising in North Carolina's Asian-American community amid recent changes to federal immigration law slated to go ...Read More
According to the Department of Homeland Security, an estimated 13.2 million Lawful Permanent Residents or green-card holders currently live in the United States. (Adobe Stock)
Green-Card Applicants Face Hurdles Under Federal Rule Change
Friday, August 16, 2019
LANSING, Mich. – Local experts say the latest changes to federal immigration laws would have damaging ripple effects on Michigan's immigrant ...Read More
Maryland’s new panel to examine the state's history of racially motivated lynchings will hold public hearings throughout the state over the next three years. (Adobe Stock)
Nation’s First Commission on Racist Lynching Starts in Maryland
Thursday, August 15, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland this week launched a commission to examine the state's history of racially motivated lynchings. It's the first ...Read More
Use of programs including Medicaid, SNAP and Section 8 public housing will factor into the determination by immigration officials of who gets a green card. (Wikimedia Commons)
Public Charge Policy Could Threaten Health Care for Nebraska Kids
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Trump administration has finalized a new rule that could deny green cards to immigrants if they access public benefits - ...Read More
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