Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - January 7, 2025
Daily audio newscast with stories from across the United States and around the world.
North Dakota lawmakers to consider bill capping price of insulin
Lawmakers Thursday will hear testimony on a bill to lower the price of insulin drugs and supplies for more North Dakotans.
Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity
To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination.
Nation’s first ‘severe’ avian flu patient dies in Louisiana
The Louisiana patient who contracted what officials said was the nation’s first “severe” case of avian influenza has died.
Resource gaps cloud efforts on cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women
In South Dakota, the push to secure justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women remains a priority, but some call for more resources.
Native health care, voting rights top issues to watch during Montana's 2025 legislative session
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Utah looks to diversify energy portfolio as AI gains momentum
Many contend Utah is facing an energy crisis, and the development and expansion of artificial intelligence could make the problem worse.
Nevada groups celebrate temporary oil, gas ban in Ruby Mountains
A 90 day public comment period will then follow on a proposed longer withdrawal.
Jefferson County clerk launches Colorado secretary of state campaign
Amanda Gonzalez, the Jefferson County clerk and recorder, announced today that she is running for Colorado secretary of state in 2026.
Biden to ban future offshore drilling across more than 600 million acres
Biden will sign two memoranda Monday to permanently ban offshore drilling over more than 625 acres of ocean.
