Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature’s Executive Board heard testimony Tuesday about the effort to clarify its oversight of state agencies after Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Gov. Jim Pillen sought to limit legislative reach.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.
Millions more Americans signed up for taxpayer-funded health care coverage like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's marketplace during the Biden administration, a shift lauded by Democrats as a success.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON — Temporary special government employees working at the behest of the U.S. DOGE Service, under President Donald Trump and billionaire campaign donor Elon Musk, can continue accessing data across federal agencies, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ordered Tuesday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 3:00am
A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before — but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administration officials.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 2:00am
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/14/2025 - 8:22am
LINCOLN — Lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday designed to expand syphilis blood testing for expectant mothers to stem a rising tide of maternal and congenital syphilis.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/14/2025 - 8:19am
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has issued a nationwide order preventing the National Institutes of Health from changing how much the agency pays universities and medical schools for “indirect costs” that come along with research grants.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/14/2025 - 8:15am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors general to their positions at the agencies.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/14/2025 - 8:13am
LINCOLN — Lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday designed to help new mothers and newborns shortly after birth through postpartum at-home nurse visitations.
Legislative Bill 22, from State Sen. George Dungan of Lincoln, expands on his Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program enacted in 2024, which provides multiple supports for at-risk, low-income families for “healthy moms and healthy babies.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 02/07/2025 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Heather Nelson fell asleep anxious, troubled by a mother’s emotions broadcast on the evening news — but more so that she’d missed a deadline to support a related bill before Nebraska lawmakers.