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Taxation Without Representation?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 6:00am

Here’s a funny thought: If Donald Trump lived in Nebraska, the state’s Republican Attorney General and the Republican Secretary of State would not want him to be able to vote for himself. That’s because they have unilaterally decided that laws passed by the Unicameral that allow felons to vote after they’ve completed their sentencing violates the state’s constitution.

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New Biden Administration Rules Aim To Hold Insurers Accountable For Mental Health Care Coverage

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 4:00am

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

by Maya Miller and Annie Waldman

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Nebraska Supreme Court Probes Whether School Choice Law Is Subject To Repeal By Ballot Measure

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 4:00am

Nebraska attorney Tom Venzor, who argued on behalf of a family using a scholarship program the Legislature created.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking to protect a new school voucher program for private K-12 education from repeal by ballot measure.

The court must decide by the Friday deadline for Secretary of State Bob Evnen to finalize the Nov. 5 ballot. Evnen’s brief asked justices to decide the constitutional question, not punt.

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Pentagon Chief Says A Six-Month Temporary Budget Bill Will Have Devastating Effects On The Military

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 3:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Passage of a six-month temporary spending bill would have widespread and devastating effects on the Defense Department, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said in a letter to key members of Congress on Sunday.

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Elon Musk’s Feud With Brazilian Judge Is Much More Than A Personal Spat − It’s About National Sovereignty, Freedom Of Speech And The Rule Of Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 2:00am

A demonstrator, his mouth covered with tape marked with the Brazilian Supreme Court acronym, takes part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who recently imposed a nationwide block on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
(Ettore Chiereguini / AP Photo)

It is easy to get distracted by the barbs, swipes and bluster of the ongoing and very public spat between the world’s richest man and a fierce justice on Brazil’s highest court.

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Congressional Democrats, Civil Rights Leaders Call For Changes In The Senate Filibuster

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 1:00am

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers and a coalition of civil rights leaders Tuesday urged Congress to reform the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation next Congress.

“Voting rights, succinctly put, are preservative of all other rights,” U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol.

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Biden Recaps Five Decades Of Disability Policy Work In Final ADA Commemoration As President

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 12:00am

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Gov. Pillen Targets ‘Fake Meat’ In New Executive Order, Seeks Total Ban On Sales In 2025

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/06/2024 - 7:00am

Gov. Jim Pillen (center) hosts a news conference at Oak Barn Beef in West Point announcing new regulations and future legislation to crackdown on “fake” or “lab-grown” meat in Nebraska on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Behind him are, from left: Hannah Klitz, co-owner and co-operator of the family led Oak Barn Beef; Jeanne Reigle of Madison, a livestock producer and 2024 legislative candidate; and Director Sherry Vinton of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

WEST POINT, Nebraska — Gov. Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced new regulations Thursday against “lab-grown meat” or “fake meat,” with Pillen eyeing 2025 legislation to prohibit the sale of such products within the state.

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Be Careful With Your Vote So We Don’t Vote Democracy Out Of Existence

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/06/2024 - 6:00am

Ironic, isn’t it, that a system that provides so many advantages for its citizens also provides the means of its own demise.

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Trial Expected To Focus On Shooter's Competency In 2021 Colorado Supermarket Massacre

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/06/2024 - 5:00am

Tributes cover the temporary fence around the King Soopers grocery store in which 10 people died in a mass shooting on April 23, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado.
(David Zalubowski / AP Photo)

DENVER (AP) — A man sitting in his van after fixing a coffee machine inside a supermarket in the college town of Boulder was the first person killed. In just over a minute, nine more people died in a barrage of gunfire inside and outside the store in 2021 as the shooter targeted and pursued people who were moving.

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Taxation Without Representation?

New Biden Administration Rules Aim To Hold Insurers Accountable For Mental Health Care Coverage

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

Nebraska Supreme Court Probes Whether School Choice Law Is Subject To Repeal By Ballot Measure

Pentagon Chief Says A Six-Month Temporary Budget Bill Will Have Devastating Effects On The Military

Elon Musk’s Feud With Brazilian Judge Is Much More Than A Personal Spat − It’s About National Sovereignty, Freedom Of Speech And The Rule Of Law

Congressional Democrats, Civil Rights Leaders Call For Changes In The Senate Filibuster

Biden Recaps Five Decades Of Disability Policy Work In Final ADA Commemoration As President

Gov. Pillen Targets ‘Fake Meat’ In New Executive Order, Seeks Total Ban On Sales In 2025

Be Careful With Your Vote So We Don’t Vote Democracy Out Of Existence

Trial Expected To Focus On Shooter's Competency In 2021 Colorado Supermarket Massacre

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