Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts presides over the Board of Pardons in Lincoln on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (AP)
Lincoln – Nebraska’s Board of Pardons refused last Tuesday to pardon the murder conviction of the former girlfriend of Charles Starkweather, the infamous killer who went on a rampage in the 1950s...
President Donald Trump talks to the media about several clemency actions before he boards Air Force One for a trip to Los Angeles to attend a campaign fundraiser on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP)
Washington – President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency spree, commuting what he called a “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former New...
Officials help passengers off a plane to waiting vehicles at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, Feb 17, 2020. The Americans who were on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast were then taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. (Z Long/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Of all places, why are 13 people potentially exposed to a viral outbreak being treated and observed in Omaha, Nebraska?
Nearly 20 years ago, a few doctors, public health experts and officials...
Security forces in riot gear surround a courtyard behind razor wire at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh on March 2, 2017. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services is exploring the option of building a new prison between Omaha and Lincoln to ease overcrowding. (AP)
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services is considering building a new prison to ease chronic overcrowding that’s expected to continue worsening.
A request for information will be issued soon...
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed LB 230 last week. The bill, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, allows for room confinement – which is the involuntary restriction of a juvenile to a room or other area alone – only when all other less-restrictive alternatives have been exhausted and the juvenile poses a serious and immediate security threat. (Courtesy Nebraska Unicameral Information Office)
A recently signed bill seeks to stop Nebraska correctional facilities from placing juveniles in solitary room confinement as a disciplinary sanction, due to staff shortage or as retaliation.
Nebraska...
Legal News
Federal Judge Jack Weinstein speaks with reporters after visiting the Louis Armstrong housing projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, on March 4, 2011. (AP)
02/20/2020 - 2:00am
New York – A federal judge in New York City who was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson and who contributed to the landmark case that struck down racial segregation in public schools is retiring at age 98.
U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein was...
Business News
Verdant Accounting and Business Strategies is the February 2020 Small Business of the Month. (Courtesy Verdant)
02/20/2020 - 4:00am
Although founded as a traditional accounting agency in the 1950s, Verdant Accounting and Business Strategies began offering an expanded range of complementary services in recent years to handle all marketing and financial needs for small to medium-...
In Memoriam
02/21/2020 - 12:00am
Timothy Michael Morrison
Dec. 15, 1969 – Jan. 19, 2020
A somber celebration took place inside Barrett’s Bar and Grill on Jan. 23 – an empty chair as the centerpiece.
The chair was reserved for Timothy Morrison, and the celebration was organized by...
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