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Hamas' Attack On Israel Pushes Foreign Policy Into The 2024 Race. That Could Benefit Nikki Haley

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 2:00am

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley has long tried to set herself apart from her Republican presidential rivals on foreign policy, peppering her speeches with anecdotes about serving as United Nations ambassador and the threats she sees from China and Russia.

The war provoked by Hamas' attack on Israel has shaken American politics — and put the primary race in her wheelhouse.

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How To Complain About Your Upcoming Student Loan Bill

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 2:00am

The return of federal student loan bills may feel like a bad dream. And if poor guidance from your servicer, an incorrect balance or other account errors keep you up at night, consider filing a complaint.

Borrowers filed about 101,500 student loan complaints with the Federal Student Aid office in 2022 – more than double from 2021 – and that number is poised to increase this year as repayment starts.

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Nebraska AG Hires Liaison For Cases Involving Missing And Murdered Indigenous Persons

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 1:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska is stepping up to address missing and murdered Indigenous persons with a dedicated liaison in the Attorney General’s Office.

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School District To Pay $227,500, Conduct Sensitivity Training, As Part Of Settlement For Cutting Lakota Children’s Hair

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — A Sandhills-area school district will pay $227,500 and hold cultural sensitivity training for its staff as part of a settlement over an incident in which two Lakota students hair was cut without permission.

Another aspect of the federal lawsuit consent decree on Wednesday bans the Cody-Kilgore School District from cutting any student’s hair without parental permission or during a head lice check.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Request Guidance, More Information On Gender Care Restrictions

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Days after Nebraska’s gender care restrictions took effect, lawmakers are asking for more information, including immediate guidance on how physicians should carry out the law.

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What Is Artificial Intelligence? Legislators Are Still Looking For A Definition.

Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 2:00am

Back in March, Hawaii state Sen. Chris Lee introduced legislation urging the U.S. Congress to consider the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence technologies.

But he didn’t write it. Artificial intelligence did.

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Republican Men And Women Disagree On How Many Women Should Hold Political Office

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 5:00am

Republican women are twice as likely as Republican men to say there are too few women in high-profile political offices, and they are less certain about the prospect of achieving equal representation than men of both parties, a new survey from the Pew Research Center found.

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Nebraska Museums Have Yet To Return Over 100 Sets Of Native American Remains

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 4:00am

Native American exhibit at Stuhr Museum’s rotunda. (Tim Trudell / Flatwater Free Press)

The ax cut through the thick rope, sending 38 Santee Dakota men to their deaths. The largest mass execution in American history happened in freezing temperatures on Dec. 26, 1862, before hundreds of residents in Mankato, Minnesota.

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Why Separating Fact From Fiction Is Critical In Teaching US Slavery

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 3:00am

Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

Does this sentence constitute “propaganda,” as Vice President Kamala Harris proclaimed, “an attempt to gaslight us?”

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Omaha Steamfitter/Union Leader Dan Osborn To Challenge Incumbent U.S. Sen. Deb. Fischer

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 5:00am

The late-day sun shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — Incumbent U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer has an opponent.

Last Thursday, Omaha steamfitter and labor leader Dan Osborn announced that he will challenge Fischer in the 2024 election as an independent.

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Political News

Hamas' Attack On Israel Pushes Foreign Policy Into The 2024 Race. That Could Benefit Nikki Haley

How To Complain About Your Upcoming Student Loan Bill

Nebraska AG Hires Liaison For Cases Involving Missing And Murdered Indigenous Persons

School District To Pay $227,500, Conduct Sensitivity Training, As Part Of Settlement For Cutting Lakota Children’s Hair

Nebraska Lawmakers Request Guidance, More Information On Gender Care Restrictions

What Is Artificial Intelligence? Legislators Are Still Looking For A Definition.

Republican Men And Women Disagree On How Many Women Should Hold Political Office

Nebraska Museums Have Yet To Return Over 100 Sets Of Native American Remains

Why Separating Fact From Fiction Is Critical In Teaching US Slavery

Omaha Steamfitter/Union Leader Dan Osborn To Challenge Incumbent U.S. Sen. Deb. Fischer

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