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PNS Daily Newscast - July 23, 2019

A bipartisan deal reached to avert U.S. government default. Also on our Tuesday rundown: a new report calculates the high hospital costs for employers. Plus, new legislation could help protect Florida's at-risk wildlife.

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West Virginia construction unions, including the Laborers' International, say they want to increase the number of women in their ranks. (LiUNA/Facebook)

Woman in WV Construction: “I Wish I’d Done It Right Out of High School”

Monday, July 22, 2019

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A West Virginia construction union is working to put more women on the job, and one woman says she likes working in ...Read More

A congressional investigation has found that nine migrant children younger than a year old and 18 younger than two have been forcibly separated from their families and held in detention. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Wikipedia)

Social Workers: Migrant Family Separation Is Child Abuse

Thursday, July 18, 2019

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Social workers and mental health professionals are trying to have the detention of migrant children away from their ...Read More

The Monopoly Man has appeared at congressional hearings including one on Google's market dominance. (Ian Madrigal/Youtube)

Funny, Pointed Protest Growing at Congressional Hearings

Monday, July 15, 2019

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Protesting in Congress has a new face, and you could say people aren’t masking their feelings any longer. A swamp ...Read More

According to new research, people with mental illness or other problems often end up in jail awaiting trial because the community may lack other good options for them. (Prison Policy Initiative)

U.S. Jails Crowded with People Not Convicted, but Awaiting Trial

Monday, July 8, 2019

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Across America, the population in local and regional jails has tripled in the last 40 years. And new research suggests ...Read More

Robert M. Pennoyer, now and at age 19, on the U.S.S. Pensacola at Iwo Jima in 1944 (Courtesy: Robert M. Pennoyer)

WWII Veteran: Ignorance, Indifference Greatest Threats to America

Thursday, July 4, 2019

NEW YORK – Seventy-four years after he saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima, a World War II veteran has an Independence Day message for America: The ...Read More

Three Wheels United has won a climate action prize for

Keeling Curve Prize Winners Hope to Clear the Air

Monday, July 1, 2019

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A group working to get electric rickshaws into polluted Indian cities and a start-up that recycles carbon dioxide from the ...Read More

A protester was arrested Wednesday after he locked himself to excavating equipment at this West Virginia site of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. (Appalachians Against Pipelines)

Arrest Made as Mountain Valley Pipeline Protests Continue

Thursday, June 27, 2019

SUMMERS CO., W.Va. – Protests against the Mountain Valley Pipeline continue this week, and Wednesday a man was arrested after locking himself ...Read More

Supporters of Harpers Ferry say the National Park Service needs funds to help maintain historic sites like John Brown's Fort, where the abolitionist made his last stand. (Mamageek/Wikimedia)

Calls to Address Maintenance at Nat'l. Parks, Including Harpers Ferry

Monday, June 24, 2019

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Legislation in Congress would fund half of the estimated $12 billion in backlogged maintenance in the National Park System ...Read More

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