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District sued over axing of student paper after LGBTQ issue
District sued over axing of student paper after LGBTQ issue

A former high school journalist and the Nebraska High School Press Association filed a lawsuit Friday, claiming that a school district’s shutdown of the school newspaper after it published an LGBTQ-focused edition was unconstitutional.

Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists

Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists

Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation.

UP becomes second railroad to drop push for one-person crews

UP becomes second railroad to drop push for one-person crews

Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry's longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on rail safety following last month's fiery derailment in Ohio.

Drag community shows up to protest Nebraska drag show bill

Drag community shows up to protest Nebraska drag show bill

Scores of people, including at least a dozen dressed in drag, showed up late Friday for a committee hearing on a Nebraska bill that would criminalize exposing anyone 18 or younger to a drag show.

ACLU: Lawsuit likely if Nebraska bill on trans health passes

ACLU: Lawsuit likely if Nebraska bill on trans health passes

The American Civil Liberties Union says that parents and children likely to be affected by a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming treatments for minors are preparing for a legal fight if it's enacted.

Nebraska advances bill banning transgender care for minors, despite promised filibuster that could grind session to halt

Nebraska advances bill banning transgender care for minors, despite promised filibuster that could grind session to halt

Nebraska advances bill banning transgender care for minors, despite promised filibuster that could grind session to halt.

Nebraska Legislature set to vote on transgender health bill

Nebraska Legislature set to vote on transgender health bill

The Nebraska Legislature is set to vote Thursday on a contentious bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors and led one lawmaker to stage an epic weekslong filibuster.

March Madness: Athletes balance privacy, online profile

March Madness: Athletes balance privacy, online profile

The NIL age has opened a vast new world of earning potential for student-athletes the NCAA long insisted were amateurs.

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative

Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative

Debate that began Tuesday on a bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors quickly grew contentious on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature, with supporters and opponents admonishing each other for a lack of collegiality.

New law has Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

New law has Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion with the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills.