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The Puzzle That Breaks The Elephant’s Back?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/18/2025 - 12:00am

Usually when a politician opens their mouth, it's never a question of what you are going to get. I believe my father used to say that he, “Needed to change his boots" when any of them spoke because the level of…brown muck…was getting so high that it ruined his shoes.

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Omaha Tribe Of Nebraska Legalizes, Regulates Medical And Recreational Marijuana

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/18/2025 - 12:00am

MACY, Nebraska — The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska became the first government in Nebraska on Tuesday to fully legalize and seek to regulate both medicinal and adult recreational-use cannabis.

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Sarpy Scuffle: County Attorney Suing County Board After Refusing Demand To Fire Top Prosecutor

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

The five members of the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners shake hands with a member of the county sheriff’s department at a board meeting on June 24. From left to right: Gary Mixan, David Klug, Jim Warren, Angi Burmeister and Don Kelly.
(Abiolo Kosoko / Flatwater Free Press)

For the past seven months, a top prosecutor in the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office, a lawyer making more than $140,000 a year, has been paid by the county to stay home.

The Sarpy County Board blocked him from offices in the courthouse and revoked his access to the computer systems and files he’d need to do his job.

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Celebrating 250 Years Of The U.S. Army

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

In June, we wished our United States Army a happy 250th birthday. It was a significant day for me, having grown up around the world among soldiers, sailors, airmen and their families.

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Nebraska Sues General Motors For Allegedly Collecting, Selling Driver Data Without Consent

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers on Tuesday announced that his office is suing General Motors for allegedly collecting and selling data on drivers without their consent for at least the past decade.

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Nebraska Sues General Motors For Allegedly Collecting, Selling Driver Data Without Consent

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers on Tuesday announced that his office is suing General Motors for allegedly collecting and selling data on drivers without their consent for at least the past decade.

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In New Lawsuit, Pregnant Doctor Says RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy Puts Her At Risk

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (right) stands with Dr. Ben Edwards (left) outside the Reinlander Mennonite Church in Seminole, Texas, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, after a second measles death.
(Annie Rice / AP Photo)

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Convicted Murderer Derrick Groves Eludes Law Enforcement As Last New Orleans Jail Escapee On The Run

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly two months after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet, authorities have recaptured all but the man with the most violent rap sheet: Derrick Groves.

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Trump Comes To Bondi's Defense Amid Uproar From His Base Over Jeffrey Epstein Files Flop

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/11/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump leaped to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday in the face of mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department's abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.

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Immigration Enforcement ‘Hit Home’ For Trump Supporter Worried About ‘Little Buddy’ ICE Detained

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/04/2025 - 12:00am

Ramped up immigration enforcement hits close to home with some Nebraskans. Sharon Boll, with boyfriend Lonnie Ortez to the left, and an image of Jesus Christ to the right, watched anti-ICE protesters from her lawn on June 10, following the immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — Richard Randall Sr. was a fan of President Donald Trump’s crusade to beef up border security — that is, until a wrong turn onto a local military base left his “little buddy” in a big bind and Randall with a whole different perspective.

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