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VETERANS WELCOMED TO THE STATE FAIR Governor Pete Ricketts and Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Af-fairs (NDVA) Director John Hilgert welcomed veterans to the State Capitol for a proclamation signing ceremony. During the event, the Governor declared July 27th as “Korean War Veterans Armistice Day” in Nebraska. “The State of Nebraska places a high value on recognizing and caring for our veterans,” said Governor Ricketts. “We’re committed to giving them honor and making government work for them. While the Korean War is often referred to as ‘the Forgotten War,’ today’s ceremony demonstrates that Nebraskans remember and appreciate the sacrifices of our Korean War veter-ans.” July 27th is National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day in America, which marks the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Over 37,000 U.S. military service members were killed during the conflict, including 318 Nebraskans. To date, 59 Nebraskans are still unaccounted for according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. “Today’s ceremony was about remembering those who served in the Korean War, honoring the 59 Nebraskans who remain unaccounted for, and recognizing the Korean War veterans who are still with us today,” said NDVA Director John Hilgert. “Their bravery and sacrifices are not forgotten, and will not be forgotten.”

LOW-INCOME SCHOLARSHIPS Nebraska’s low-income families deserve the same chance to choose the best school for their children as their upper-income counterparts, state Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Omaha told a Friday morning break-fast in North Platte. The Revenue Committee chair answered ques-tions about her Legislative Bill 670, which would grant state income tax credits for donations to nonprofit groups that offer low-income scholarships to K-12 parochial or private schools. People with enough money “can move if we want to. We can pay private tuition if we can afford to,” said Linehan, who also has been pushing with Sen. Mike Groene of North Platte to rewrite and augment state school aid as part of an overall property tax relief package. “I’ve been fight-ing very hard to get more money for public schools,” she told about 40 community leaders at NebraskaLand National Bank. “This isn’t about public schools. This is about saving kids.”

NO OBSTACLES Nebraska state officials who want to profit off their government ex-perience and connections after leaving office face virtually no obsta-cles to becoming lobbyists, unlike most other states that bar them from immediately switching roles. A new report by the consumer-rights group Public Citizen says Nebraska is among seven states with no restrictions on former lawmakers, governors or other elected offi-cials becoming lobbyists. The other states without restrictions are Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Nebraska stands in contrast to neighboring Iowa, which Public Citizen praised for having one of the nation’s toughest “revolving door” laws. North Dakota and Maryland also received recognition for making it more difficult for public officials to cash in on their govern-ment service as a lobbyist or consultant.

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SPORTS The MNB Bank Seniors split their first two games at the Class

B state tournament in Gering over the weekend. MNB fell to

Springfield 10-2 in a game that started on Saturday but fin-

ished up on Sunday morning because of heavy rain on Satur-

day. MNB came back later in the day and eliminated Gering

13-5. McCook will face Hickman in an elimination game at 2

p.m. CST. Also today, Bennington meets Wakefield in the

other elimination game while Alliance faces Springfield in a

winners bracket game later tonight.

Nebraska sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez earned a

spot on a watch list for the fourth time in the last two weeks,

as the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Martinez

as one of 40 “players to watch” for its 2019 Player of the

Year award. Martinez looks to join a trio of Huskers who

have won the Walter Camp winners, joining previous winners

Johnny Rodgers (1972), Mike Rozier (1983) and Eric Crouch

(2001). Martinez is one of seven Big Ten players on the Water

Camp preseason list. Martinez returns to pilot the Husker

attack after a record-breaking freshman year in 2018. The 6-

foot-2, 220-pounder set 11 school records after becoming the

first true freshman quarterback to start an opener in school

history. On the season, Martinez completed 224-of-347

passes for 2,617 yards and 17 touchdowns, while also rush-

ing for 629 yards and eight scores en route to All-Big Ten and

Freshman All-America honors.

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