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PNS Daily Newscast - April 16, 2024
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CO families must sign up to get $120 per child for food through Summer EBT; No Jurors Picked on First Day of Trump's Manhattan Criminal Trial; virtual ballot goes live to inform Hoosiers; It's National Healthcare Decisions Day.

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2024Talks - April 16, 2024
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Former president Trump's hush money trial begins. Indigenous communities call on the U.N. to shut down a hazardous pipeline. And SCOTUS will hear oral arguments about whether prosecutors overstepped when charging January 6th insurrectionists.

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The Yonder Report - April 11, 2024
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Housing advocates fear rural low-income folks who live in aging USDA housing could be forced out, small towns are eligible for grants to enhance civic participation, and North Carolina's small and Black-owned farms are helped by new wind and solar revenues.

FL: Census

Only six states will gain seats in the House of Representatives in 2022: Texas, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon. The U.S. Census Bureau announced new apportionment data Monday based on the 2020 U.S. Census. (Bill Oxford/The Brennan Center)
FL Group Works for Fair Process, Greater Awareness in Redistricting

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Reapportionment data announced Monday has sparked conversation about a census undercount, and lower-than-expected Florida …

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In fiscal year 2016, Florida received more than $44 billion based on census results, for services like highway construction, nutrition assistance, healthcare and education. (Tada Images/Adobe Stock)
Shorter Census Deadline Could Put Florida Funding at Risk

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- This year's U.S. Census count will determine how much funding Florida receives in the next decade for many crucial government-…

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Young Black and Hispanic children were missed twice as often in the 2010 Census count as white children, according to Florida KIDS COUNT. (ponce_photography/ Pixabay)
Census Prep Begins Targeting Underserved Areas

MIAMI – Exactly one year from Monday, the official count of every resident of the United States begins with the 2020 Census. But Florida has …

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The 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 16 indicators to rank each state across four domains — health, education, economic well-being and family and community — as an assessment of child well-being. (Pixabay)
Progress Continues in Florida's Child Well-Being

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This year's child well-being index for the Sunshine State is showing improvements for kids living in high-poverty areas…

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Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S. (Steve Hardy/Flickr)
Could Multiracial Americans Ease Racial Tensions?

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – At a time of cultural and racial divide, multiracial Floridians find themselves caught in the middle – even as they …

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PHOTO: Georgia state Rep. John Lewis speaks out in support for marriage equality in a campaign that started this week. Photo courtesy of Rep. Lewis
Fight for Marriage Equality Ignites Below Mason-Dixon Line

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A $1 million campaign began this week to help build support for marriage equality in the South. Southerners for the Freedom to …

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FL Housing Crisis Opens a Unique Job Market

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida real estate developers were selling houses as fast as they could build them until the bottom fell out of the market. Now…

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FL Poverty Agenda Set for 2012

MIAMI, Fla. - The 2010 U.S. Census reported the Florida poverty rate at 15 percent and Miami-Dade County poverty rate at 17.7 percent. According to a …

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ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants: A Good Thing?

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday criticized Arizona's law that makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime…

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