In the 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll 61% agreed there s a shortage of affordable child care in their communities, and more than 75% said their communities should do more to address this need. Sen. John Fredrickson, D-Omaha, focused on recruiting and retaining child care providers in his priority bill, Legislative Bill 856. .
It s Hunger Action Day at the Washington State Capitol. Advocates are in Olympia to meet with lawmakers and call for policies that curb hunger. Director of the Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition, Claire Lane, said families in the state are struggling with high food, transportation and housing costs. .
Today is the first day of American Heart Month - and one Arizona cardiology nurse practitioner wants to shed light on the importance of good heart health, and in knowing life-saving hands-only CPR. Mia Chorney is a volunteer with the American Heart Association in Phoenix, and has experienced her own cardiac event - but today she wants to help raise awareness. She said each year across the country more than 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest, which includes about 23,000 children. .
Some residents of Bowling Green, Ohio, are saying the city s main power source, Prairie State Energy Campus in Illinois, is expensive, dirty, and unsustainable. Research has shown the coal plant cost $5 billion to build in 2012, is barely profitable and significantly contributes to environmental pollution. Joseph DeMare, a Bowling Green resident and solar panel owner, said the report showed continued reliance on the plant is not in consumers best interest. .
A new online tool is tracking New York s progress in decarbonization. The Local Pace of Progress tool examines city, county, and state data to measure how they re electrifying buildings. It tracks energy for rooftop solar, heat pumps, HVAC systems, and other energy systems. .