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    Listening to the Other Side

    Oct 01, 2010 03:48 PM EDT

    I spent a day at the University of Vermont this week, getting up close and personal with my favorite people - the ones who like getting their news from PBS. In the back of my mind, I had hoped the visit would give me a chance to take the pulse of ...

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    The Morning Line: Van Hollen: Tax Cuts for Rich 'Can Be Part of the Mix in the Very Short Term'

    Sep 03, 2010 12:59 PM EDT

    ... only well let's keep this going for just one more year," Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen said in an interview with PBS NewsHour. "That can be part of the discussion. That can be part of the mix," he said of the possibility of a short-term ...

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    'Families of Abraham' Gather in Exhibition

    Feb 25, 2010 08:23 PM EDT

    ... Madison, Wisc. There’s also an accompanying book and documentary that was made for public television. In addition to photography, Brawley has produced documentaries for PBS and is a poet. The other photographers in the show are Byron Baldwin, Donna Bise, John Daughtry, Donna Foster, Chris Keane, Tina Manley, Nancy ...

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    Obama at GOP Retreat: Our Common Goal Should Be Good Policy

    Jan 29, 2010 09:08 PM EDT

    ... by presidents Kennedy and Reagan instead of "boutique tax cuts" in the 2009 stimulus bill, which House GOP members did not support. (Watch Pence's PBS NewsHour interview after the State of the Union.) In an exchange typical of the event, Mr. Obama defended the stimulus package as a common ...

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    News Wrap: 200 Arrested in Iran Protests Crackdown

    Dec 08, 2009 05:00 AM EDT

    ... The storm blasted Western states a day earlier. By today, at least a foot of snow was expected to blanket parts of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The arctic blasts brought winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour. Forecasters also warned, flights could be delayed or canceled from Chicago to ...

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    Across the U.S., All Eyes on Health Reform, Economy

    Aug 25, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    ... to reports from around the nation. Jeffrey Brown has our survey. JEFFREY BROWN: And for that, we've asked four journalists and hosts of local PBS public affairs programs to join us: Frederica Freyberg of "Here and Now" on Wisconsin Public Television; Gene Grant of "New Mexico in Focus" on ...

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    California Leads States Facing Deepening Budget Crises

    Jul 01, 2009 10:00 PM EDT

    JIM LEHRER: Financial crises spread deeper at the state level today as most state governments began their new fiscal year. Some states were unable to pass budgets, while others voted on 11th-hour measures to stay afloat.Jeffrey Brown, with PBS correspondents around the country, has our lead story report ...

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    'Clean Coal' Debate Plays Out on the Airwaves

    Apr 21, 2009 04:55 PM EDT

    ... produces millions of tons a year of toxic, water-polluting slurry," David Roberts, a senior writer for the environmental news blog Grist, recently told the PBS program NOW."Not a single commercial coal power plant in America captures or otherwise prevents CO2 emissions. 'Clean coal' is a PR gimmick," he ...

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    President Bush, Senator Kerry Continue on the Campaign Trail

    Oct 21, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... interview with Susan Page of USA today as part of a collaboration with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions for a first ladies documentary to be broadcast on PBS next Monday. She was asked if she would be a different first lady from Laura Bush. TERESA HEINZ KERRY: Well, you know, I don ...

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    Wouldn't a Minimum Wage Hike Lower the Welfare Rolls?

    Feb 15, 2013 04:28 PM EDT

    Paul Solman answers Next Avenue readers' questions about whether a minimum wage hike would induce people to leave welfare, and whether such a hike would increase the government's tax revenue. Protesters advocate for raising the minimum wage outside the office of Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis., in July 2012. President Obama called for raising the minimum...