Public News Service - Social Issues

HELENA, Mont. -- Montana lawmakers are mounting attacks on unions in this session.
Montana is among the 23 states that has not adopted so-called ...Read More

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Some residents will be able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at regional drive-through locations beginning next week. Kroger is ...Read More

CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire residents older than 65 and those with two or more underlying health conditions now are eligible to receive the COVID-1 ...Read More

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Groups are partnering with the Children's Advocacy Alliance to launch a new initiative connecting youths in foster care with the ...Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Experts say food shortages, housing insecurity and other hardships many North Carolinians are experiencing from the pandemic could ...Read More

BOISE, Idaho -- A Treasure Valley program is helping young women from refugee communities into the workforce, and hopefully to narrow the state's ...Read More

DENVER -- Coloradans who lost jobs or income during the coronavirus pandemic may qualify for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) when they fil ...Read More

BISMARCK, N.D. -- This week, a North Dakota legislative committee will hear proposals on a system for importing less-expensive prescription drugs ...Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- LGBTQ+ groups are celebrating President Joe Biden's executive order reversing a Trump-era ban on transgender people in the ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There's a renewed bid to raise Ohio's minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Rep. Brigid Kelly, D-Cincinnati, asked colleagues to co- ...Read More