{"id":57234,"date":"2016-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/11\/08\/state-sen-matt-hansen-tours-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:21:14","slug":"state-sen-matt-hansen-tours-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/11\/08\/state-sen-matt-hansen-tours-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Matt Hansen tours UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>State Sen. 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