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Month: February 2022

Nebraska bill aims to grant eligibility to some immigrants for unemployment benefits

By Katherine Garcia Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — As the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the country’s workforce, unemployment benefits helped keep some Nebraska families afloat. But the state’s department of labor reports that more than 300 immigrant families were denied benefits. Sonia Leyva said back in March of 2020 she

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People display signs during the Georgetown to Austin March for Democracy rally on July 31

‘It’s just a mess’: Texas election officials and voting rights advocates face mounting challenges under new restrictive voting law

By Kelly Mena, CNN Less than a year after Republican lawmakers pushed through a restrictive voting bill in Texas, election officials there are facing mounting challenges in implementing new voting procedures in time for the upcoming primaries. Officials are conducting their first election under SB 1, a sweeping overhaul that, among other provisions, restricts the

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