Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he's pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — From economic development to tax-increment financing, the streetcar, immigration arrests and staffing, Omaha Mayor-elect John Ewing Jr. on Wednesday talked more about how he plans to lead Nebraska’s largest city.
Ewing spoke to reporters at his first news conference since defeating three-term mayor, Jean Stothert. He moves into his office Monday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A legislative proposal that would ban most consumable hemp and other THC products in Nebraska advanced Tuesday without amendments as opponents blocked changes.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/02/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/02/2025 - 12:00am
At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State Department that does the same thing for the United States.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraskans now know the first ballot measure or constitutional amendment voters will consider in 2026: whether state lawmakers can serve up to three consecutive four-year terms, instead of two.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — An uneasy compromise that became the Education Committee package bill died on the Nebraska statehouse floor Wednesday, in part because the quest to infuse more religion into public schools failed.
A cross-section of committee members tried to get a group of loosely related education proposals out of committee and onto the floor for a month.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 12:00am
Nebraska’s veterans have served our country with honor and sacrifice, and they’ve earned every available tool to help them access the benefits they were promised upon returning home.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected, from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper to the cloud, safeguarding snapshots of the government and the nation for posterity.
Now, the Trump administration is scrubbing thousands of government websites of history, legal records and data it finds disagreeable.