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Student Coalition, Dem Lawmakers Object To Trump Education Department Moves

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — A pair of Democratic lawmakers joined student leaders Tuesday in blasting President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

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Behind The Fight Over Expanding Disability Parking Placards For Pregnancy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

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An Inside Look Into Nebraska Supreme Court And Its Often Unanimous Decisions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

The justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court join Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (center left in a blue suit) and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly (far left) for the elevation of Douglas County District Judge Derek Vaughn (center) to the Supreme Court. Vaughn’s colleagues, from left: are Justice John Freudenberg, Jason Bergevin, Jeffrey Funke (chief), William Cassel, Stephanie Stacy and Jonathan Papik, Nov. 10, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — The seven members of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled unanimously in all but one of 105 written opinions issued in the past year.

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Federal Review Finds 44% Of US Trucking Schools Don't Comply With Government Rules

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

A student truck driver makes flash cards for his commercial driver's license exam while taking a class in Calif., Nov. 15, 2021.
(Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with minimum requirements.

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Man Charged In National Guard Shooting Pleads Not Guilty During Court Appearance From Hospital Bed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first hearing before a judge, appearing remotely by video from a hospital bed.

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A Small-Town Nebraska Nursing Home Closed. Its Former Director Faces State Punishment.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

The Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living facility in Laurel ended its operations in May. The facility faced significant financial pressures due to operational costs and a declining patient census.
(Jerry L Mennenga / Flatwater Free Press)

LAUREL — Although it took 74-year-old Linda Lund some time to come around to Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living, she eventually insisted it was home.

Lund, who has dementia, became attached to the city-owned nursing home and the people in it after adjusting, said her daughter Brenda Anderson.

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The Irony Of General Lawfulness

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

Are some laws worse than others? Morally questionable? Are some laws okay to break, sometimes? There are speed limits posted in (usually) regular intervals along the highway, yet, many people still speed. Sometimes I see police officers speed too. Living for more than thirty years now, I have had plenty of conversations with people where they had admitted to speeding themselves to a few miles over the speed limit or more.

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Judge Drops James Comey And Letitia James Charges, Saying Prosecutor Served ‘Unlawfully’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington.
(Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

A senior federal judge dismissed charges Monday against two public officials with long-running public disputes with President Donald Trump, saying the controversial appointment of the president’s former personal attorney as a prosecutor doomed the cases.

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Thousands Of Arrests By Trump's Crime-Fighting Task Force In Memphis Strain Crowded Jail And Courts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail in ways that concerned officials say will last months or even years as cases play out.

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Nebraska Federal Delegation Votes To Release Epstein Files

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/21/2025 - 12:00am

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga along with victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington.
(Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — Every member of Nebraska’s all-Republican congressional delegation voted for a bill to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to release all files related to its investigation into late Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.