Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/07/2025 - 12:00am
Scott Wilcox wasn’t surprised when Bayer, one of the largest seed corn producers in the world, did not renew its contract with the detasseling company he owned and operated out of Seward, Neb., after the 2020 season.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/07/2025 - 12:00am
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/07/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington, D.C., residents that Dunn simply broke the law.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The Omaha Public Power District delayed a vote this month to move forward on a decade-old plan to transfer two coal units at a North Omaha power plant to natural gas.
The delay came a week after Nebraska’s attorney general sued the public utility.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month.
Vedam and Thomas Kinser were the 19-year-old children of Penn State University faculty. Vedam was the last person seen with Kinser and was twice convicted of killing him, despite a lack of witnesses or motive.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am
Last Friday I joined reporters from other news outlets where we got online for the latest news conference by Congressman Don Bacon. In an era where virtually every other high-ranking Nebraska Republican official does their best to avoid the media, Don Bacon has consistently been available to answer questions. He’s an old school Republican.
Regardless of what you think of his politics, you have to respect that.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — After two months of higher-than-expected tax revenues, Nebraska’s monthly general fund receipts fell just before economic forecasters will update the state’s projected budget deficit.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.