LOS ANGELES (AP) — By age 23, Emma MacTaggart was already noticing how rare her free time was — and how it was seldom screen-free.

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LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature, at the urging of Gov. Jim Pillen, passed a bill Friday to allow schools to once again suspend students in grades pre-K-2 for engaging in violent behavior capable of causing physical harm.

Legislative Bill 653, from State Sen. Dave Murman of Glenvil, chair of the Education Committee, passed 33-15. The bill, once signed, will reverse a 2023 law from State Sen. Terrell McKinney of North Omaha that limited suspensions to only pre-K-2 students bringing a deadly weapon to school.