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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Benchmarks in the BSDC crisis and our analysis

This is a factual timeline of events connected to Nebraska state government's services to the developmentally disabled. Following each item in the timeline, the Journal Star editorial board offers commentar

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Denise Hyde (center) is comforted by Community Service professional Michael Boekstal (back) and mom Barbara Hyde at BryanLGH Medical Center West on March 4. Denise was one of the 47 medically fragile patients moved out of the Beatrice State Developmental Center in February. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Mary Hepburn O'Shea talks to her daughter, Shawn Hepburn, in her new room at BryanLGH on Feb. 4 after she was forced out of her longtime home at BSDC. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

Caregiver Courtney Kline-Hays (center) welcomes Edward "Poncho" Zvolanek to his new room at the Hands of Heartland community home on Feb. 24 in Bellevue. His legal guardian and sister, Penny Burt, stands by. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

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This is a factual timeline of events connected to Nebraska state government's services to the developmentally disabled. Following each item in the timeline, the Journal Star editorial board offers commentary.

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Denise Hyde (center) is comforted by Community Service professional Michael Boekstal (back) and mom Barbara Hyde at BryanLGH Medical Center West on March 4. Denise was one of the 47 medically fragile patients moved out of the Beatrice State Developmental Center in February. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

Mary Hepburn O'Shea talks to her daughter, Shawn Hepburn, in her new room at BryanLGH on Feb. 4 after she was forced out of her longtime home at BSDC. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

Caregiver Courtney Kline-Hays (center) welcomes Edward "Poncho" Zvolanek to his new room at the Hands of Heartland community home on Feb. 24 in Bellevue. His legal guardian and sister, Penny Burt, stands by. (Heidi Hoffman / Lincoln Journal Star)

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