• Nebraska Examiner

    Pillen approves Nebraska’s newest ‘school choice’ law as opponents weigh next steps

    LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday approved a Nebraska lawmaker’s replacement “school choice” measure as opponents now weigh how they will fight the new law. Legislative Bill 1402, from State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, will devote $10 million to the state treasurer to distribute private K-12 scholarships to prospective students. It also effectively […] The post Pillen approves Nebraska’s newest ‘school choice’ law as opponents weigh next steps appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

  • Reuters

    Blinken to meet businesses in Shanghai as he kicks off a tough China trip

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet business leaders in Shanghai on Thursday as ties between Washington and Beijing stabilise, pushing to resolve a raft of issues threatening the newly gained equilibrium between the rivals. Blinken's visit is the latest high-level contact between the two nations that, along with working groups on issues from global trade to military communication, have tempered the public acrimony that drove relations to historic lows early last year. But Washington and Beijing have made little headway on curbing China's supply of chemicals used to make fentanyl, the South China Sea remains a flashpoint, and strains are growing over China's backing of Russia in its war in Ukraine.

  • Bengals Wire

    Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson ‘considering retirement’ amid trade request

    The Bengals-Trey Hendrickson saga just got another strange development.