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Friday, June 26, 2026

By Public News Service Friday, June 26, 2026

CA female lawmakers slam plan to shield rideshare companies in sexual assault cases

CA/Rideshare Companies— By Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. A total of 128 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including more than a dozen female lawmakers from California, are asking House Speaker Mike Johnson to pull an amendment they say would hurt sexual assault victims. The amendment to the “BUILD America 250 Act,” a […]

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

By Public News Service Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Report details price-gouging tactics by Big Pharma

Eric Galatas, producer, Colorado News Connection, a bureau of Public News Service. As advocacy groups take a victory lap for moving lawmakers to finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for ten widely used medicines, a new report detailed how the makers of those drugs have gouged billions of taxpayer and consumer dollars. Kyle Herrig, senior adviser for the […]

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

By Public News Service Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Recent hearing on CA retail theft draws diverse views

By Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. California lawmakers are considering a range of options to combat a rise over the last two years of felony retail theft – large-scale shoplifting – and held the latest in a series of hearings in West Hollywood last Friday, February 9. The State Assembly Select Committee […]