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Supreme Court Ruling Protects DACA
From the New York Times: The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects people brought to the United States as children by shielding them from deportation and letting them work.
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Good morning,
Today we have stories about the Supreme Court’s DACA decision, Gov. Pete Ricketts threatening to withhold counties’ CARES Act money if they impose mask requirements and an investigation into what it means to defund the police in Omaha.
Your Top Local Stories
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In Omaha
- As Eppley sees more air travel, officials offer contactless boarding and ask people to come wearing masks.
- The Henry Doorly Zoo is almost done with a $26 million sea lion exhibit that would allow visitors underwater viewing.
- Thunderstorms brought rain to the metro area as the June heat wave finally broke.
- A new testing site at 50th and G streets does not require an appointment and is a step closer for public health officials to make testing available for everyone.
- What does it mean to defund the police in Omaha? KMTV took a look.
- The Omaha NAACP cancelled its annual Juneteenth celebration due to the pandemic.
- With the pandemic still raging, the Omaha Visitors Bureau wants to offer ideas for people to get reengaged with their city.
Around the State
- Through a narrow decision, the Supreme Court upheld DACA, legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as children.
- Gov. Pete Ricketts says if counties require their citizens wear masks, they won’t receive CARES Act money.
- The Nebraska Department of Education said schools will not lose federal dollars for requiring masks.
- Despite rising cases in some states, Ricketts praised President Donald Trump’s actions in reopening the country during a virtual meeting with the White House.
- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced some plans for fall, including a mix of in-person and online classes.
- A federal judge delivered a blow to a proposed transmission line that would have killed or displaced the endangered Burying Beetle in the Nebraska Sandhills.
- Lincoln continues fielding calls about rogue coyotes.
- Thursday marked the return of baseball and softball to the state.
- Scott Frost and Fred Hoiberg committed part of their salaries back to Nebraska Athletics in order to offset revenue shortfalls.
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