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Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen holds a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4, 2020, to discuss the results of the 2020 election. AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

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Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,08/23/24-11:28AM , 50 Reads
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Organizers load boxes of signed petitions seeking to get a measure on the November ballot that would repeal a new Nebraska law providing taxpayer money for private school tuition, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. Support Our Schools organizers say they turned in more than 86,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State's office. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

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Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-11:01PM , 76 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public school advocates say they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist in a long-running fight with state lawmakers who have repeatedly opposed efforts to let voters weigh in on the public funding plan.
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Kristie Pereira and her dog Beau pose for a photo in Laurel, Md., in January 2023. Pereira is seeking answers after the sick dog she took to a shelter to have euthanized turned up more than a year later on a rescue adoption site. (Kristie Pereira via AP)

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A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,05/24/24-5:29PM , 54 Reads
Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized.

So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet rescue organization where she had gotten it.
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A woman takes advantage of unseasonably warm weather, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, to kayak on Smithville Lake near Paradise, Mo. With highs in the mid 70s, parts of the midwest are experiencing temperatures nearly 30 degrees hotter than average. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Warm weather brings a taste of spring to central and western United States
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Sun,02/25/24-4:30PM , 77 Reads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A warm front swept springlike weather across a large swath of the country Sunday in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year, sending people out of their homes to enjoy the rare winter respite but also bringing increased wildfire danger.
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