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Our latest stories
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Thousands of Midwesterners obtained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. A federal work requirement would force states to enforce a policy that could cause a loss of benefits caused by administrative errors and red tape.
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After May 7, people age 18 and older who want to travel domestically by air and enter certain federal buildings will need to present a Real ID or a valid passport.
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As Missouri Republicans push a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act through the legislature, law enforcement officials in the state say lawmakers and supporters of the bill are ignoring their concerns.
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Three weeks after an investigative report from The Midwest Newsroom, the Lincoln Police Dept. removed the captain from his leadership of its Special Victims Unit.
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The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations.
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Lincoln has paid out millions of dollars in settlements to individuals, but the women who were abused say they still have lingering trauma and worry that city leaders are shying away from addressing the culture of mistreatment head-on.