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Second Congressional District

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 5:00am

I wonder if Congressman Don Bacon feels like a man without a home. He’s a Republican incumbent congressman that has not been endorsed by the states Republican Party. In fact, the Nebraska Republican Party has not endorsed any incumbent elected federal offi-cial. Deb Fisher, Pete Ricketts, Mike Flood, and Adrian Smith have all been ignored by their own state party party.

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Can States Prevent Doctors From Giving Emergency Abortions, Even If Federal Law Requires Them To Do So? The Supreme Court Will Decide

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 4:00am

Hospitals across the country have long operated under the same federal law that says they must treat and stabilize all patients when they have a medical emergency.

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Blinken Begins Key China Visit As Tensions Rise Over New US Foreign Aid Bill

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 3:00am

SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -– all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing.

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AARP Nebraska Celebrates New Family Caregiver Tax Credits For ‘Unsung Heroes’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — AARP Nebraska is celebrating a newly passed proposal that would help cover family caregivers’ costs as they care for and support eligible family members.

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Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:06am

Pakistani laborers, mostly women, sort through empty bottles at a plastic recycling factory in Hyderabad, Pakistan, April 30, 2023.
(Pervez Masih / AP Photo)

Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution.

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The Push For School Choice In Nebraska Is Pitting Lawmakers Against Their Constituents

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:07am

In this June 2023 selfie, Angie Lauritsen collects signatures in downtown Gretna, Neb., for a ballot initiative seeking to repeal a state law that would divert taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition. Nebraska lawmakers are set for the first time to pass a bill that would block the public from voting on a ballot measure initiated by citizens of the state, setting up what could be a long battle over whether to fund private school tuition with public dollars.
(Angie Lauritsen via AP)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set for the first time to pass a bill that would block the public from voting on a ballot measure initiated by citizens of the state, setting up what could be a long battle over whether to fund private school tuition with public dollars.

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There’s No Place Like Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:06am

There is no place like Nebraska. Well, Maine is like Nebraska. But just Nebraska and Maine are the only two places where the states divide the Electoral College votes.

We really dodged a bullet here. If the push had been made earlier in the Unicameral session to change the way we vote for President, we might have lost our unique way of distributing our electoral votes.

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Sen. Pete Ricketts Funds Competing Abortion Ban Petition Effort

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:05am

LINCOLN — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts is bankrolling a conservative ballot effort to ban abortions in the Nebraska constitution after the first trimester, or 13 weeks of pregnancy.

Ricketts, R-Neb., gave $500,000 to the effort. He was the only donor named in the first campaign finance report of the group Protect Women and Children filed with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission.

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Broadcasters Mount Last-Minute Blitz To Delete Tax On ‘Digital Ads’ From Pillen Plan

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:04am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s broadcasters are mounting an 11th-hour advertising blitz in hopes of overturning a proposed new tax on “digital ads” by Gov. Jim Pillen to finance his property tax relief plan.

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Boeing Put Under Senate Scrutiny During Back-To-Back Hearings On Aircraft Maker’s Safety Culture

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:03am

Boeing was the subject of dual Senate hearings Wednesday as Congress examined allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer, which has been pushed into crisis mode since a door-plug panel blew off a 737 Max jetliner during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.