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Nebraska advances new protections for student journalists

| January 15, 2020 12:05 AM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday designed to protect the free-speech rights of student journalists in public high schools while holding them directly accountable for stories that are libelous.

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