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Friday, December 19, 2025

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New report finds apprenticeships increasing for WA; TN nursing shortage slated to continue amid federal education changes; NC college students made away of on-campus resources to fight food insecurity; DOJ will miss deadline to release all Epstein files; new program provides glasses to visually impaired Virginians; Line 5 pipeline fight continues in Midwest states; and NY Gov. Kathy Hochul agrees to sign medical aid in dying bill in early 2026.

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Legal fights over free speech, federal power, and public accountability take center stage as courts, campuses and communities confront the reach of government authority.

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States are waiting to hear how much money they'll get from the Rural Health Transformation Program, the DHS is incentivizing local law enforcement to join the federal immigration crackdown and Texas is creating its own Appalachian Trail.

Mike Clifford Longman

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Mike Clifford Longman has been a radio and television broadcast journalist for more than four decades. For much of his career, he focused on cops, courts, and corruption. He joined Public News Service in 2005, as a producer for several states. Since 2018 he has been the national PNS Daily Newscast anchor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecliffordlongman/


Honors and Awards: Major awards include the Silver Gavel Award (American Bar Association) and twice awarded the Jim Metcalf Award - Top Honors for excellence in Television Writing from the New Orleans Press Club.

Languages Spoken: English, French

Topic Expertise: Police Misconduct, Politics, Death Penalty, corruption.

Local Expertise: New York, New Orleans, Gulf Coast

Location: New York City, NY

Demographic Expertise: LGBTQ, Northern and Southern communities

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