LINCOLN — The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously signed off on formal regulations over the budding supply chain Monday, nearly a year after issuing the first regulations.

Guidelines have ebbed through temporary 90-day periods since just before July 1. The rules have been extended multiple times and largely define restrictions on medical cannabis establishments, including licenses that can be issued, security requirements, types of products that can be sold to patients and which doctors can recommend the medicine.

Every weekday at 1:30 p.m., Lehn Straub stands in front of his Lincoln home and waits for his son, Doug, eager to hear about the day’s adventure.

“I’ve got it, Lehn, don’t worry,” says Doug’s aide as he pushes the heavy wheelchair up a steep driveway, over the threshold and into a home built lovingly around Doug, with extra-wide doors, an accessible bathroom and a lift to get Doug in and out of his chair.

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that had tried and failed to stop the state from handing over potentially sensitive parts of its voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Daniel Gutman, one of the attorneys for voting advocacy group Common Cause and Omaha voter Dawn Essink, asked the high court to reverse a Lancaster County District Court ruling that Common Cause lacked standing to sue because the alleged harm was speculative and not imminent.