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    Some governors and state legislators, including Nebraska’s, have conflated civic duty with moral certitude to create a spate of codified self-righteousness. Their sanctimonious overreach brings to mind an evangelist’s holier-than-thou homily and subsequent down-to-earth humbling.

      Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched his latest social media platform, Threads, one day after a federal judge in Louisiana ruled the Biden administration likely colluded with Facebook and other such sites to censor unfavorable views during the pandemic.

        In a legislative session dominated by multi-bill packages, LB753 (Opportunity Scholarship Act) was one of the few single-topic bills passed. The bill does one thing and one thing only: it diverts public dollars to private and parochial schools through tax credits.

        Lincoln Public Schools is planning its biggest property tax levy drop in more than 20 years, but Lincoln residents will likely see their property taxes go up under the proposed 2023-2024 budget now being considered by the Board of Education.

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        House Republicans recently passed a bill that would injure our most vulnerable. Their Blazing Saddles' hostage tactic: Hold a gun, the threat of a federal credit default, to their own heads. Well, everyone's, since this was more of a nuclear device.

        I was born and raised in Nebraska. I left Nebraska in 1981 after receiving my B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because economic opportunities were greater in larger metropolitan areas.

        Some governors and state legislators, including Nebraska’s, have conflated civic duty with moral certitude to create a spate of codified self-righteousness. Their sanctimonious overreach brings to mind an evangelist’s holier-than-thou homily and subsequent down-to-earth humbling.

        In a legislative session dominated by multi-bill packages, LB753 (Opportunity Scholarship Act) was one of the few single-topic bills passed. The bill does one thing and one thing only: it diverts public dollars to private and parochial schools through tax credits.

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