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PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - March 28, 2025
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JD, Usha Vance visit Greenland as Trump administration eyes territory; Maine nurses, medical workers call for improved staffing ratios; Court orders WA to rewrite CAFO dairy operation permit regulations; MS aims to expand Fresh Start Act to cut recidivism.

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2025Talks - March 28, 2025

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The Dept. of Health and Human Services prepares to cut 10,000 more jobs. Election officials are unsure if a Trump executive order will be enacted, and Republicans in Congress say they aim to cut NPR and PBS funding.

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The Yonder Report - March 27, 2025
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Rural folks face significant clean air and water risks due to EPA cutbacks, a group of policymakers is working to expand rural health care via mobile clinics, and a new study maps Montana's news landscape.

Deborah Van Fleet

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Deborah has 20 years of public radio announcing, hosting & producing in Omaha, Nebraska and has been an independent producer on the Public Radio Exchange. Deborah also taught in a variety of K-12 grades and settings in and around the Omaha area for over two decades.


Languages Spoken: English

Topic Expertise: Interests include K-12 education, healthcare, the environment/climate change, politics, social justice, and issues around aging and elder care.

Local Expertise: Omaha, Nebraska and Keene, New Hampshire

Location: Omaha, NE

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A 2024 North Dakota State article about China's tendency to respond to trade tariffs with

NE Farmers Union head on administrations' ag policy, impact

Agriculture is the single largest industry in Nebraska and one that different administrations can impact differently. When Nebraska Farmers Union …

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The oldest continuously running LGBTQ+ film festival is San Francisco's Frameline, formerly called the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which was started in 1977. (Andrey Lapshin/Adobe Stock)

OutNebraska's 14th Prairie Pride Film Fest in 3 locations this week

OutNebraska's Prairie Pride Film Festival returns for its 14th year this week. Johnny Redd, communications manager for OutNebraska, said the …

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A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found the $2,000 Medicare out-of-pocket cap would have saved money for roughly 1.5 million seniors in 2021, over 200,000 of whom spent $5,000 or more on their prescriptions that year. (Drazen/Adobe Stock)

AARP NE highlights 2025 Medicare cost savings

Medicare's open enrollment period starts tomorrow and runs through Dec. 7. AARP Nebraska is encouraging Medicare recipients to review their …

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A 2022 University of Indiana report concludes recent studies on voucher programs show that students attending private schools through voucher programs have experienced

Skeptics weigh in on school voucher issue facing NE voters

Nebraska is one of four states with measures about state funding of private-school vouchers on the ballot this year. Referendum 435 asks voters to …

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Winnebago adults and children husking corn during the 2024 Indian Corn Harvest. (Photo courtesy Ho-Chunk, Inc.)

Ho-Chunk Farms revitalize, preserve tribal culture with Indian Corn Project

Ho-Chunk Farms' annual Indian Corn Harvest is reviving and preserving this tradition for the northeast Nebraska tribe. Corn from a Winnebago family's …

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In 2022, fewer than 40% of workers with incomes below the federal poverty threshold earned paid sick leave compared with 77% of those with earnings at least four times the federal poverty threshold. (nicoletaionescu/Adobe Stock)

250,000 Nebraskans stand to benefit from paid sick-leave ballot initiative

Nebraska is one of three states with paid sick leave on the ballot next month. Nebraska women are disproportionately affected by a lack of paid sick …

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A 2024 Kaiser Family Foundation report showed 25.7% of Nebraskans reported having had a mental health illness over the previous year compared with 23.1% nationwide. (bnenin/Adobe Stock)

Strain on NE behavioral health system could worsen; need remains high

A 2024 study showed almost 26% of Nebraskans reported having a mental-health illness in the past year -- nearly 3% higher than the national average…

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The American Postal Workers Union says inadequate staffing levels make it nearly impossible to meet their performance targets for delivery time for three- to five-day letters. (Lost_in_the_Midwest/Adobe Stock)

NE town understands issues highlighted by nationwide Postal Union rallies

American Postal Workers Union members are holding a nationwide "Day of Action" rally today to draw attention to a number of concerns, several of them …

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The percentage of adult immigrants in the United States with a bachelor's degree or higher is roughly 35%, virtually the same as for U.S.-born adults. (Dragana Gordic/Adobe Stock)

Coalition: Immigrants needed for NE economy, communities

A diverse new coalition of dozens of Nebraska organizations is drawing attention to the state's need for more immigrants. Members of the Nebraska …

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Nebraska is one of 10 states to confirmed abortion-related constitutional amendment measures on the ballot in November. (Alcorn Imagery/Adobe Stock)

NE ballot initiatives survive legal challenges

Some ballot initiatives this year have taken more than voter signatures to get onto the ballot in Nebraska. They've already withstood major court …

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