skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Monday, March 17, 2025

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants, even as a judge orders removals be stopped; Sierra Club sues DOGE over mass firings; Lack of opportunity pushes rural Gen Zers in AZ out of their communities; Fixing one problem, creating another? Ohio's lead pipe replacements.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Secretary of State Rubio pledges more arrests like that of student activist Mahmoud Khalil. Former EPA directors sound the alarm on Lee Zeldin's deregulation plans, and lack of opportunity is pushing rural Gen Zers out of their communities.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Farmers worry promised federal reimbursements aren't coming while fears mount that the Trump administration's efforts to raise cash means the sale of public lands, and rural America's shortage of doctors has many physicians skipping retirement.

The challenges and joys of printing holiday cards in MD

play audio
Play

Wednesday, December 11, 2024   

Americans purchase around 6.5 billion greeting cards each year, with around 20% of them bought for the holiday season.

Sarah Hitchcock Burzio, owner and chief creative officer of Hitchcock Paper, is a greeting card seller who prints her paper in Maryland. Her company is highlighted in the Alliance for American Manufacturing's Made in America Holiday Gift Guide. The guide serves as a resource for consumers looking to buy American-made products in their state.

Burzio said prices have gone up but customers see the value of American-milled, printed and designed greeting cards.

"The paper that's made here, there's a lot of attention to detail," Burzio explained. "It's quality paper. The way your pen writes on writing stationery and you go, 'Oh, that feels good.' That's the kind of thing we're looking for, and I really think you only get that with U.S. papers."

Berger Cookies in Baltimore also made this year's gift guide.

Burzio had never thought of herself as a manufacturer. She thought manufacturing meant big factories or steel machinery. Now she embraces the title and pointed out many local artists and graphic designers are manufacturing products for consumers. For those wanting to buy American-made cards this year, Burzio suggested purchasing products at local boutiques and shops, instead of big box chain stores.

"They're buying thousands of cards for their stores nationwide, so they have to get them produced overseas to make that profit work for them," Burzio observed. "You can go into a lot of boutique stationery companies right now and buy a greeting card for $4 to $6 and it was designed by someone in the U.S., printed by someone in the U.S. on U.S. paper."

A poll by the alliance found 60% of Americans this past year have made a conscious effort to buy American-made products.


get more stories like this via email

more stories
Trash 2 Trends designers create runway looks from items headed to the landfill. Proceeds from the event fund recycling initiatives, litter prevention and community beautification in Orlando. (Trimmel Gomes)

Environment

play sound

What if your trash could be the key to a more sustainable wardrobe? The group Keep Orlando Beautiful is proving it is possible with its annual "Trash…


Social Issues

play sound

As the Trump administration continues to implement aggressive immigration policies, many Hispanic residents in Florida, a key voting bloc for Trump…

Social Issues

play sound

Cuts to the U.S. education system are expected to create a profound ripple effect on students and staff in Hamtramck's already struggling school …


Bobcats are elusive, native predators known for their sharp senses and solitary nature, typically hunting at dawn or dusk. (Adobe Stock)

Environment

play sound

Indiana's Natural Resources Commission will decide this week whether to allow bobcat trapping, giving Hoosiers one last chance to weigh in. The …

Environment

play sound

Local leaders in California are slamming the Trump administration's moves to gut dozens of environmental policies on climate change and pollution in l…

PVC pipes are commonly joined by elastomeric sealing connections or solvent cement. These solvent cements can expose workers to hazardous chemicals such as tetrahydrofuran, a carcinogen. (Adobe Stock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

Ohioans are seeing changes in their water infrastructure as cities work to replace lead service lines, a requirement under federal regulations…

Environment

play sound

Clean-energy advocates in Texas are closely monitoring a bill before the Legislature that, if passed, could stop the development and operation of …

Environment

play sound

The Sierra Club is taking the Trump administration to court, joining a slew of legal challenges over the mass firings of federal workers. Sierra …

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021