Some Want to Strip Autonomy of Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department

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Remember local control? It seems some state Senators have forgotten, and they’re all Republicans. State Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood has offered a bill (LB859) that would strip the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department’s authority to issue directed health measures locally to protect the community as it has during the current Pandemic. Because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in Lincoln as a…

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