Political observers, most Americans and even members of Congress can’t remember a battle for the post of speaker of the U.S. House as fraught as the one that began back in January 2023 and continues still, 10 months later.

LINCOLN — Nebraska needs to study the systemic shortcomings and gaps in the state’s mental health care system for young people and adults, members of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee heard in a Wednesday hearing.

Then the state needs to step up, senators were told.

The return of federal student loan bills may feel like a bad dream. And if poor guidance from your servicer, an incorrect balance or other account errors keep you up at night, consider filing a complaint.

Borrowers filed about 101,500 student loan complaints with the Federal Student Aid office in 2022 – more than double from 2021 – and that number is poised to increase this year as repayment starts.

LINCOLN — A Sandhills-area school district will pay $227,500 and hold cultural sensitivity training for its staff as part of a settlement over an incident in which two Lakota students hair was cut without permission.

Another aspect of the federal lawsuit consent decree on Wednesday bans the Cody-Kilgore School District from cutting any student’s hair without parental permission or during a head lice check.