LINCOLN — A former employee of the Nebraska Democratic Party is suing the party, alleging sex discrimination and retaliation. 

The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska by Larissa Schultz, the party’s former young Democrats organizer who is currently chair of the Saunders County Democratic Party. The lawsuit alleges that NDP Communications Director Jose Flores Jr., started “directing unwanted personal and sexual attention toward Schultz” in 2023 and state party leaders didn’t properly investigate it. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore no responsibility for longstanding problems at the landmark, defense lawyers said Tuesday.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn, saying in a 20-page filing that newly produced evidence from the Interior Department showed the former Olympic canoeist was not responsible for damage to the pool's lining.

Nebraska prison officials have scrapped a proposal to release some state prisoners early amid criticism from lawmakers and callbacks to past controversy.

It’s not clear why the department paused the program, which it had dubbed PATH. But emails show the Department of Correctional Services pursued it up until Flatwater Free Press published a story about the program last fall.