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Grand Island: A public school district that shuttered a student newspaper following an LGBTQ-focused edition has agreed to bring it back next year in digital form, according to the teacher who advised the publicatio­n. That’s not good enough, according to a civil rights organizati­on that has said it could take legal action over the closing earlier this year of The Saga, the newspaper at Northwest High School. Saga newspaper staff were informed May 19 of the newspaper’s eliminatio­n, three days after it had printed its June edition, which included an article titled, “Pride and prejudice: LGBTQIA+,” on the origins of Pride Month and the history of homophobia.

 ?? MCKENNA LAMOREE/THE INDEPENDEN­T VIA AP ?? Former Saga staff members Marcus Pennell, left, and Emma Smith display a pride flag outside the school July 20.
MCKENNA LAMOREE/THE INDEPENDEN­T VIA AP Former Saga staff members Marcus Pennell, left, and Emma Smith display a pride flag outside the school July 20.

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