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Voters Become More Polarized When Presidential Candidates Take Positions On Issues In K-12 Education

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 4:00am

President Barack Obama visits the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, La., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
(Gerald Herbert / AP Photo)

When Vice President Kamala Harris paid a visit to Florida in July 2023, she lambasted a state-approved Black history lesson that claimed “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

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Pillen Pivots From His Own Property Tax Plan To Embrace Emerging Legislative Plan

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 3:00am

State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, chair of the Legislature’s Revenue Committee, Aug. 5, 2024.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen pivoted Monday from his own property tax relief proposal to embrace a hodgepodge plan emerging from a broad swath of special session bills.

Pillen acknowledged the shift during a news conference with law enforcement leaders and firefighters announcing that the new plan would not cap local spending on public safety.

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Third Attempt Made To Prohibit State-Led ‘Unfunded Mandates’ On Nebraska’s Local Governments

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/09/2024 - 3:00am

Speaker John Arch of La Vista listens to State Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln, Aug. 2, 2024.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — A Nebraska lawmaker hopes the third time will be the charm in letting voters decide whether to prohibit future state-created unfunded or underfunded mandates on local governments.

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Voting Rights Advocates Sue To Protect Felon Voting Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 6:00am

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen holds a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4, 2020. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit challenging top election officials' defiance of state laws that restore the voting rights of those who've ever been convicted of a felony.
(Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — Voting rights advocates sued Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen on Monday, arguing that he unconstitutionally instructed county election officials to ignore a new state law letting people convicted of felonies vote after serving their sentence.

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On Kamala Harris' Role, Media Cross Border Into Outright Lies

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 5:00am

Facts are facts, even if they make new presidential candidate Kamala Harris look bad. This fact is undeniable, no matter how much dishonest media try to obfuscate it: President Joe Biden appointed the vice president to stem the tide of migrants to the U.S. southern border. Period. No wiggle room.

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Business, Local Officials Line Up To Oppose Nebraska Gov. Pillen’s Property Tax Plan

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 4:00am

State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, chair of the Legislature’s Revenue Committee, presides over a committee hearing on her Legislative Bill 1 on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Dozens of statewide business, municipal and county leaders lined up Tuesday to testify against Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s core property tax proposal.

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Are Patients From Florida Going Elsewhere For Abortions — Or Staying Pregnant?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 3:00am

An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023. Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday, April 25, 2024, challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law.
(Jeff Roberson / AP Photo)

Originally published by The 19th

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MIAMI — Jennifer knew she couldn’t have a second child. She already has a 10-year-old daughter. They don’t have money to spare.

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Police Killing Of Sonya Massey Is Striking Example Of Another ‘Senseless Loss’ In The Black Community

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Sat, 07/27/2024 - 5:00am

Originally published by The 19th

Sonya Massey should be alive today. That is the message ricocheting across the internet as the killing of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother, by a White sheriff’s deputy in Illinois gains national attention from President Joe Biden, advocates and celebrities following the release of police body camera footage on Monday.

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Flurry Of 100+ New Laws Taking Effect In Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 7:00am

Lawmakers gather on the last day of the 2024 legislative session, though many expect to return for a special session later this year. Not pictured: State Sens. Joni Albrecht, Ben Hansen, John Lowe and Tony Vargas. April 18, 2024.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — A flurry of new state laws took effect Friday, establishing new policies for firearms in small schools, launching Parole Board reforms and expanding open government and voting rights.

Of the 150 bills signed into law this year, more than 100 became effective last week. Some took effect in the spring while others won’t get the green light until July 1, 2025.

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The Most Important 42 Miles in American Politics

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 6:00am

BUTLER, Pennsylvania -- The drive between Butler, Pennsylvania, and the Ohio village of East Palestine is less than 42 miles long. In between are the villages and boroughs of Lyndora, Connoquenessing and Evans City on the Pennsylvania side before you cross the state line directly into the village of East Palestine.