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50501 Movement Sounds Rally Cry

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am

Some of the many signs held by protestors at Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska on April 5th for the “hands off” rally.
(Carla Chance / The Daily Record)

Move over pussycats, in deference to the pink-hatted women’s movement of previous elections cycles, there’s a new breed of peaceful protestors in town.

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‘Like A Threat’: Mass Email Urging Immigrants To Self-Deport Sows Fear, Confusion In Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am

Brian Blackford.
(Via Flatwater Free Press)

In late March, clients started calling Brian Blackford with the same question. They sounded scared, he says. Desperate.

I got this email, they asked the Omaha-based immigration attorney. Does this mean I have to flee the country?

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EPA Announces Rollback For Some Biden-Era Limits On So-Called Forever Chemicals In Drinking Water

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am

Logan Feeney pours a water sample with forever chemicals, known as PFAS, into a container for research, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati.
(Joshua A. Bickel / AP Photo)

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.

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Space Law Doesn’t Protect Historical Sites, Mining Operations And Bases On The Moon – A Space Lawyer Describes A Framework That Could

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am

April 2025 was a busy month for space.

Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical issue for the future of space exploration: the discovery, extraction and utilization of natural resources on the Moon.

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Family Sues Over Florida Deputy’s Killing Of US Airman Roger Fortson

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

Candles and framed photos of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman who was fatally shot by a Fla. sheriff's deputy on May 3, 2024, sit in the doorway of the apartment where he was killed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Aug. 23.
(Kate Payne / AP Photo)

The family of a U.S. airman who was shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home sued the deputy, the sheriff and the owner of the airman’s apartment complex on Tuesday, saying they want to ensure people are held accountable for his 2024 death.

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What To Expect As Debate On Nebraska’s 2025-27 Budget Begins

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

Speaker John Arch of La Vista and State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha meet on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 15, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — It’s crunch time for state lawmakers to rightsize Nebraska’s budget, by no later than May 15. Senators since November are considering a nearly $850 million combined in new revenue streams, cuts to state spending and scrounging for loose cash funds in the state’s couch cushions.

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Most Airports Are Operating Smoothly On The First Day Of The REAL ID Requirement

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

Customer Service representative Marlon Suarez (right) monitors the doorway outside of a Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami.
(Lynne Sladky / AP Photo)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays.

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California Agrees To Repeal Electric-Truck Emissions Rule; Nebraska Led Opposition

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s efforts to fight California on new electric-truck mandates and related regulations largely ended Monday with California officials moving to repeal the proposed rules.

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Investiture Of Philip Keenan Kleine

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

The Honorable Marcela A. Keim administers Philip Keenan Kleine's Oath of Office in a room full of smiling well-wishers Friday, May 2, 2025.
(Austin Petak / The Daily Record)

“Investiture," is it… a heart-warming event? Or like the owner of the Daily Record, Jason Huff, said to me, "It’s open to the public, but most people don’t know what it is. Sounds like a 401k meeting or something.”

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Food And Finance In The Legislature’s Home Stretch

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 12:00am

While the country’s chattering class buzzed about 100 days in office, lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature passed that apparently important milestone several weeks ago without a blip of notoriety. Nose to the grindstone … as it were.

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