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PNS Daily Newscast - April 20, 2021
An "Anti-Protest" Bill would make highway obstruction a felony in TN; jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial resume their deliberations today.
2021Talks - April 19, 2021
President Biden to announce new 2030 emissions target; George W. Bush urges more respectful conversation on immigration; and the Giffords Center ranks Indiana's gun policies low, despite state "red flag" law.
Archive: September 30, 2020
Click to downloadRALEIGH, N.C. -- COVID-19 cases have spiked among the state's Latinx community, yet most of these residents can't access basic health services. Advocates say the pandemic has highlighted how the country's public health system has neglected undocumented residents. While Hispanics make up around 9% o ...Read More
FREMONT, Calif. - Eight California communities have won grants to complete projects that improve livability -- part of the 2020 AARP Community Challenge. Nationally, 184 communities will receive a combined $2.4 million to improve open spaces, make cities more walkable and increase affordable housin ...Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal agency's decision to postpone naturalization ceremonies due to COVID-19 is likely to mean hundreds of thousands of people won't be able to vote in the November election -- and critics of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency say the move can't be viewed i ...Read More
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas farmer says he suspects retaliation for speaking out against use of the herbicide dicamba. Dicamba is used to kill weeds in soybean fields, but when applied in summer heat and humidity, the chemical can drift and damage other crops and plants. It's estimated 3 milli ...Read More
MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal court has temporarily halted a massive fee hike for U.S. citizenship applications. But Minnesota immigration advocates say the threat remains. The fee was scheduled to increase on Friday by more than 80%, to nearly $1,200. But Tuesday's ruling pauses that, for now. Veena I ...Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- In a victory for environmental groups, Maryland on Thursday becomes the first state in the nation to ban foam food containers. The new law prevents restaurants, schools and other places that serve food from using polystyrene or Styrofoam cups and containers, or face a $250 fine. K ...Read More
HELENA, Mont. - Defenders of public lands want a hearing in Congress on why William Perry Pendley remained so long as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management without U.S. Senate approval. On Friday, a federal judge forced Pendley to step down, but he remains at the agency as deputy directo ...Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Bookworms and literature buffs in Missouri are celebrating freedom of choice -- of reading materials -- and denouncing attacks on what they say is their First Amendment right to read. This is Banned Books Week, spotlighting attempts to censor books. More than 600 books, films ...Read More
