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PNS Daily Newscast - April 18, 2024
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A new study shows health disparities cost Texas billions of dollars; Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary; Iowa cuts historical rural school groups.

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2024Talks - April 18, 2024
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The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.

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The Yonder Report - April 18, 2024

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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.

Jenn Stanley

Jenn is a journalist, audio producer, and multimedia artist. She was formerly a senior producer at Rewire.News, where she created, hosted, and produced the narrative podcast, CHOICE/LESS. She was a facilitator at StoryCorps in Chicago, and her work has appeared in The Guardian US, Salon, NPR, Lena Dunham's Women of the Hour, and WBUR, among others. She holds an MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she received the Bernard Gordon Entrepreneurial Award for Magazine Journalism, and a BA from Bennington College.


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State health officials say in addition to wearing proper clothing and using repellent, Massachusetts residents should take steps to keep mosquitoes away from in and around the home. (Alvesgaspar/Wikipedia)

Many Mass. Communities on High Alert for EEE for Holiday Weekend

BOSTON – State health officials want Massachusetts residents and their visitors to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites during their Labor D…

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EEE can cause a serious central nervous-system infection, such as meningitis and brain inflammation, and about one-third of EEE cases are fatal (NIH/Flickr).

Granite Staters Urged to Avoid Mosquito Bites on Holiday Weekend

CONCORD, N.H. – State health officials want residents and their visitors to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites this Labor Day Weekend in …

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Protesters in Boston denounce anti-abortion violence, holding a sign to honor Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider who was murdered in Kansas in 2009. (Tim Pierce/Wikipedia)

Mass. Abortion Providers Fear Rise in Anti-Abortion Protests, Threats

BOSTON — Physicians for Reproductive Health says a recent threat against an abortion clinic in Chicago has rattled providers across the country…

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Researchers say unprecedented numbers of moose are dying from anemia caused by excessive tick bites (W. Kriss Ebersold/EPA).

Trump's Endangered Species Act Rules Called Threat to New England Forests

CONCORD, N.H. – A new analysis by Defenders of Wildlife shows that New England could be hard hit if the Trump administration’s new …

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North Atlantic right whales get caught in lobster and crab fishing lines, preventing them from swimming, diving or feeding normally. (Photo courtesy NOAA)

Ropeless Fishing Gear Could Aid Maine's Lobster Industry, Endangered Whales

PORTLAND, Maine — Researchers say conservationists and the fishing industry must work together to save the critically endangered North Atlantic …

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Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday vetoed three bills: HB 109 which would have closed background-check loopholes; HB 514, which would have created a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm; and HB 564, which would ban guns in schools. (Lance Cheung/Flickr)

Gun-Violence Prevention Activists Say "Shame on Sununu!"

CONCORD, N.H. — Some in the Granite State are saying "shame on Sununu" in response to the governor vetoing three gun-control measures last week…

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the Trump administration's new rules would hinder recovery efforts such as the cooperative state and federal actions that have increased the piping plover population in Massachusetts by 500% since 1990. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

AG Healey to Sue Trump Administration to Save Endangered Species Act

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says she intends to sue the Trump administration over new rules that would gut the Endanger…

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One in three Americans has not taken a medication as prescribed because of the cost, according to AARP New Hampshire (Adobe Stock).

AARP Highlights Struggle to Afford Prescription Drugs

CONCORD, N.H. – Some Granite Staters are going without lifesaving medications as prescription drug costs continue to rise out-of-pace with …

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Although personal health care costs make up about 18% of U.S. GDP, those costs don't necessarily translate to better health outcomes when compared with other wealthy nations. (USDA/Bob Nichols)

Local Providers Celebrate National Health Center Week

BOSTON – Providers, administrators and patients across the country are celebrating …

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Gov. Chris Sununu has four days remaining to sign Senate Bill 10, which calls for the state minimum wage to increase to $10 per hour in 2020 and $12 per hour in 2022. (AlexiusHoratius/Wikipedia)

Activists to Gov. Sununu: Give Granite Staters a Raise and Give Back Yours!

CONCORD, N.H. — Activists from across the political spectrum are calling for Gov. Chris Sununu to give back his raise and give one to Granite …

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