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‘Innovative’ Co-Responder Program Embeds Mental Health Pros With Lincoln Police Officers On Calls

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 5:00am

Mental health professional.
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LINCOLN — Mental health professionals will start accompanying Lincoln police officers on calls involving people having a mental health crisis under a new program announced Tuesday.

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Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 4:00am

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

by Aliyya Swaby

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Congress Is Gridlocked. These Members Are Convinced AI Legislation Could Break Through

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 3:00am

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., speaks at a news conference, Jan. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit political campaigns and outside political groups from using artificial intelligence to misrepresent the views of their rivals by pretending to be them.

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Trump Urges Shutdown Unless Congress Passes Bill Requiring ID To Register To Vote

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 7:00am

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — Congress is stumbling toward another government shutdown deadline at the end of the month with no clear plan in place to enact a bipartisan stopgap spending bill — and some new meddling by the Republican presidential nominee.

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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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‘Innovative’ Co-Responder Program Embeds Mental Health Pros With Lincoln Police Officers On Calls

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

Series: A Closer Look:Examining the News

Congress Is Gridlocked. These Members Are Convinced AI Legislation Could Break Through

Trump Urges Shutdown Unless Congress Passes Bill Requiring ID To Register To Vote

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

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