Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Staffing issues remain at the state’s prison system despite hiring bonuses and a steep increase in pay, an annual report released Monday said.
While vacancies and turnover of corrections officers and corporals have improved since peaking in recent years, increases in the two categories drew concerns from a watchdog office appointed by the Nebraska Legislature due to problems in state prisons.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 5:00am
In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme Court is going to say so, just as soon as they overturn Roe v. Wade.”
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 4:00am
CRETE, Neb. — A letter written by Alexander Hamilton in 1779 urging Congress to allow slaves to become soldiers led this spring to the resignation of Crete High School’s only Native American instructor and discussions of racism.
Nikki Menard, who taught honors English, led the Hamilton-focused lesson Jan. 16 by walking her junior class through how to use primary resources. It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 3:00am
It can take hours for a sexual assault victim to undergo the multiple swabs, hair samples, blood and urine collections, and other invasive procedures of a sexual assault examination. And then it can take months, sometimes years, for investigators to process that evidence kit.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 5:00am
A recent (and surprising) ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court may allow businesses to be sued in states where they have little connection. The Court ruled 5-4 to uphold a Pennsylvania law that requires a corporation to consent to the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania courts over them as a condition of registering to do business there.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 4:00am
When the The New York Times and The Boston Globe recently published exposés in which employees of award-winning chef Barbara Lynch described their abusive work environments, we weren’t surprised.
Anyone who has spent years working in restaurants probably wouldn’t be surprised, either.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — A state agency is digging into why backup procedures failed to work after emergency 911 networks across Nebraska went down last week.
David Sankey, the 911 director for the Nebraska Public Service Commission, said Tuesday he has questions for both Omaha-based Lumen and Lincoln-based Windstream about why required “redundancy” in their 911 systems failed.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 2:00am
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation's highest court.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 1:00am
DENVER (AP) — A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an "insurrection."
LINCOLN — A change of heart by Lincoln’s mayor and complaints by nearby residents led to an agreement Wednesday to move the location of a planned, 1,500-bed state prison.
The new location is a plot of 300 acres of farmland owned by the City of Lincoln that lies east of the city landfill and just north of Interstate 80 — a site detailed in an Examiner story Tuesday.