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Lincoln City Council candidates debate climate change solutions, pandemic policy, police funding

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Candidates for the Lincoln City Council agreed on the city's need to reform regulations governing housing construction but presented competing views on the role of police, the city's pandemic policy and how Lincoln should address climate change. 

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