DACA Win, Ricketts Threatens Counties’ Funding, Defund The Police and More Top Local News for Friday, June 19

• 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.