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Senate agrees to quickly clear bill seeking release of Epstein files; Political heat rises in Indiana's redistricting debate; Arizona educators strive to support high-immigrant classrooms; Fear spreads as federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina expands to Raleigh; New certificate program aims to transform end-of-life talks in Florida.

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The Public News Service Daily Newscast, November the 19th, 2025.

I'm Mike Clifford.

The House Tuesday approved a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a near unanimous vote that was a stunning turn for an effort that Republicans had worked for months to kill.

That is a take from the New York Times. report hours later Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader won unanimous agreement for the Senate to pass the measure as soon as it arrived in the chamber clearing the way for President Trump's signature.

Meantime Indiana lawmakers are standing firm as debate over whether to redraw the state's congressional districts continues.

We get more from our Joe Yellore.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Shelly Yoder says she's hearing a clear message from voters.

What's being asked of us was unprecedented and Hoosiers made their voices very loud and very clear.

They do not want their congressional maps redrawn.

Yoder's comments come after Governor Mike Braun and President Donald Trump pressured state senators to return for a special session on redistricting.

Republican Senate leaders say they don't have enough support for new maps mid-cycle and want to wait until January.

Senate leaders in Indiana expected to announce more details about the 2026 session this week.

And it is Educational Support Professionals Day as American Education Week continues.

Arizona teachers and support staff in high immigrant low income school districts are working to overcome obstacles and fight efforts that threaten funding.

Arizona public school students typically rank below the the country on test scores, and some argue it's the result of dwindling state support.

Mariso Garcia is an eighth grade teacher in a high immigrant Phoenix school district and president of the Arizona Education Association.

She says school staff often wind up providing stability for kids who don't have it outside the classroom.

You know, we can't pretend as if the food instability and the questions around SNAP were not impacting our classrooms.

They were. teachers will continue to ensure that kids have a safe, great learning environment every day.

As crazy as and unstable as it feels on the outside, we're going to try to keep it nice and calm and focused on the inside.

Arizona is one of a growing number of states that allows taxpayer dollars to be used for private education, which educators say threatens the stability of public schools.

I'm Mark Moran.

And from the Associated Press, federal agents expanded their North Carolina immigrant crackdown to the area around the state capital of Raleigh on Tuesday, with fear spreading in at least one of the heavy suburbs where restaurants closed and many people stayed home.

The North Carolina operation began over the weekend in Charlotte, where officials said more than 130 people have been arrested.

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As the nation marks National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a Florida expert says it is time to change the narrative around end-of-life conversations.

Lolita Melhedo, a nurse practitioner with 18 years in palliative care, says despite decades of discussion, advanced care planning remains difficult.

She's helping promote a new affordable online certificate program from Compassion and Choices and the Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey that trains health professionals to lead more effective conversations based on patient values.

I think it's time for us to change the narrative, to think of advanced care planning not as checklist of things that the patient has to say yes or no to, but more around having goals of conversation where you're trying to understand the person's values.

Mel Hedo says the self-guided accredited courses uses innovative methods including comical skits to show health professionals how to improve these crucial discussions with patients and families.

A list of end-of-life resources and organizations are also available at floridahealth.gov.

I'm Tramiel Gomes.

And in recognition of National Caregiving Month, advocates in Washington are highlighting the value of family caregivers and the significant challenges that they face.

New data from AARP reveals that 22 percent of adults in the state, over 1.3 million people, serve as family caregivers for older relatives, friends, or children with disabilities.

Marguerite Rowe, state director of AARP Washington, says many caregivers have drained their savings and have had to cut their work hours or stop full-time work entirely.

The bulk of those caregivers, one, remain unpaid and there is an incredible toll that's taken on caregivers.

I'm Isabel Charlet.

Finally, about 350,000 people in the U.S. experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, and a staggering 90 percent of them will not survive.

With that in mind, the association has developed a new set of CPR guidelines aimed at providing effective ways for people without medical training to save lives.

Dr. Ashish Panchal, an emergency department physician at Ohio State University, says it's important for bystanders to act immediately when someone's heart stops.

In that moment, when CPR is started, that rescuer's hands is the patient's heart.

Every beat, every compression makes blood flow through the body, into their brain, and brings that person one step closer to being home with their family, neurologically intact.

New guidelines published in the journal Circulation represent the first update CPR guidelines since 2020.

On Charles says the updates include using a single streamed chain of survival for all cardiac arrest scenarios.

Mark Richardson reporting.

This is Mike Clifford for Public News Service.

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