Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A new state commission charged with reviewing and suggesting updates to how Nebraska funds its public K-12 schools kicked off its first meeting Monday largely with a consensus that the state should dole out more aid to local schools.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration and Harvard University are reportedly close to reaching a settlement that would require Harvard to pay US$500 million in exchange for the government releasing frozen federal funding and ending an investigation into antisemitism on campus.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/11/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a statement Tuesday that 22 projects, totaling $500 million, to develop vaccines using mRNA technology will be halted.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/11/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Fueled by President Donald Trump’s aims to bolster the U.S. House’s razor-thin GOP majority in the 2026 midterm elections, a rare mid-decade redistricting fight in Texas grew increasingly bitter in recent days and engulfed other states.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00am
When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, it triggered fears that the move would undermine global efforts to slow climate change and diminish America’s global influence.
A big question hung in the air: Who would step into the leadership vacuum?
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00am
The family of Virginia Giuffre, who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, said that it was shocking to hear President Donald Trump say the disgraced financier “stole” Giuffre from him and urged that Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell remain in prison.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — While Nebraska remains a firmly red state in terms of its registered voters and elected leadership, that tilt hasn’t translated into donations to the state’s top political parties.