Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/30/2025 - 12:00am
As he tracked the growing measles outbreak in Texas, watching with dread as it crossed state lines, Bob Rauner knew there was no time to waste.
Fearful the once common — and life-threatening — virus would eventually reach Nebraska, the physician and Lincoln Public Schools board president began publicly sounding the alarm.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/30/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — As pay raises for Nebraska’s constitutional officers and state lawmakers remain stagnant for decades, the state’s 148 judges are once again likely to receive salary bumps over the next two fiscal years, as they’ve had for 30 of the past 36 years.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/30/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
The Nebraska Legislature last week sent 31 bills to Gov. Jim Pillen for his signature to transform them into state laws. If you’re keeping score at home (Pro tip: You should be.), that’s nearly six times more than the U.S. Congress has sent along to the president to become federal law as of this writing.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.
The ban related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was announced Monday during a daylong visit to the Cornhusker state by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted the assault charges the Trump administration is pursuing against New Jersey U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver following a clash with law enforcement earlier this month outside an immigration detention center in Newark.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
Never surrendering, the family of Terri McCauley is one step closer to seeing justice as her accused murderer sits in a Sioux City, Iowa, jail, awaiting trial more than 40 years after her death. The Omaha tribal citizen was killed in 1983.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
Move over pussycats, in deference to the pink-hatted women’s movement of previous elections cycles, there’s a new breed of peaceful protestors in town.