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PNS Daily Newscast - January 17, 2019

Speaker Pelosi sends a message to Trump – No State of the Union in Congress while shutdown continues. Also on the Thursday rundown: federal employees in Michigan to rally against the shutdown. Plus a Green New Deal in New York raises the bar for clean energy.

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The group No More Deaths supported has posted banners near the Cabeza Prieta refuge supporting the group's efforts to provide aid to migrants. (Flickr)

Trial Set This Week for Arizona Border Aid Volunteers

Monday, January 14, 2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – Nine volunteer aid workers go on trial in Tucson this week for providing humanitarian aid to immigrants at risk crossing the ...Read More

NYC Care will cover New York City residents, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status. (DarkoStojanovic/Pixabay)

NYC to Guarantee Health Care to All, Including Undocumented Immigrants

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has affirmed that every city resident will have access to comprehensive health care, regardless of ...Read More

Washington STEM and its partners want to triple the number of under-represented students in STEM fields by 2030. (Washington STEM)

STEM Education Support Key to Diverse Workforce of Tomorrow

Monday, December 17, 2018

SEATTLE – How will Washington state diversify its workforce as technology radically changes the jobs landscape? One answer is investment in sc ...Read More

Ten states, including Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, have legalized recreational marijuana. (vjkombajn/pixabay)

High Hopes for Legal Pot in 2019

Monday, December 17, 2018

NEW YORK – Drug policy reform advocates are confident that in 2019 New York will join the rush of states legalizing recreational use of marijuan ...Read More

$The 600-mile-long pipeline would would carry fracked gas from West Virginia into Virginia and North Carolina, with three compressor stations along the route. (Atlantic Coast Pipeline)$

Citizen Panel to Vote on Pipeline through African-American Community

Monday, December 17, 2018

BUCKINGHAM, Va. — After a winter storm delayed a closely watched vote on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the issue will be back before a citizens' ...Read More

Researchers say segregation in Cleveland is a result of decades of discriminatory policy decisions<br />and disinvestment in areas populated primarily by African-Americans. (Eric Drost/Flickr)

Segregation and Life Outcomes: A Look at a Major Ohio City

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A person's ZIP code can be a determining factor in life outcomes, and a new analysis examines the impacts of structural ...Read More

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., says domestic work makes other work possible. (U.S. House of Representatives)

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Coming to Congress Next Year

Monday, December 10, 2018

SEATTLE – A National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights will be introduced in Congress next year. Among its sponsors is Rep. Pramila Jayapal ...Read More

UNC administrators have recommended a $5.3 million history center on campus to house the monument nicknamed Silent Sam, with heightened security and an annual operating budget of $800,000. (University of North Carolina)

Confederate Monument's Return to UNC Campus Sparks Outcry

Monday, December 10, 2018

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Advocates and opponents of the Silent Sam statue are making their voices heard after the University of North Carolina ...Read More

Mustafa Getahun has been a truck driver for UW Medicine Consolidated Laundry for more than 20 years. (Washington Federation of State Employees)

Laid-Off UW Laundry Workers Hold Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, December 6, 2018

SEATTLE – University of Washington laundry service workers who will be laid off next year are holding a town hall meeting on campus Thursday ...Read More

Members of Washington's congressional delegation are calling for an investigation of the Northwest Detention Center after an asylum seeker's death. (Seattle Globalist/Flickr)

Pressure Growing on Immigration Detention Facilities in Wake of Death

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

TACOMA, Wash. — The death of an asylum seeker in custody at the Northwest Detention Center has ignited concerns about immigrant-detention ...Read More

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