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Despite slow start, Ricketts confident in TestNebraska

Despite slow start, Ricketts confident in TestNebraska

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska may not make its goal of conducting 3,000 coronavirus tests per day by the end of May through the state’s TestNebraska program, but Gov. Pete Ricketts expressed confidence Thursday that testers will reach that pace “at some point” if residents continue to sign up. His […]

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As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it

As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it

WASHINGTON (AP)-President Donald Trump is claiming without evidence that expanding mail-in voting will increase voter fraud. However, several GOP state officials are forging ahead to do just that, undermining one of Trump’s arguments about how elections should be conducted amid the coronavirus outbreak. While Trump has complained that voting by […]

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Lying prisoners: New laws crack down on jailhouse informants

Lying prisoners: New laws crack down on jailhouse informants

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A movement to put jailhouse informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country, a byproduct of new DNA testing technology that has exonerated dozens of people wrongly locked up based on informants’ lies. Several states have moved to toughen […]

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Nebraska slowly rolls out voter-approved Medicaid expansion

Nebraska slowly rolls out voter-approved Medicaid expansion

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Marti Poll knows she should see a doctor. Sometimes she has a severe tightness in her chest. She also has chronic sinus and ear infections. But she can’t afford the medical bills, so she simply waits and hopes the pain will subside. She thought her wait […]

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