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Election Pilot Project Aims to Match Voters to Their Precincts

Published by admin on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:00am

Sarpy County will pilot a new system designed to use modern geographic information technology to ensure voters receive the correct ballot for districts and issued based on where they live.

Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen announced the pilot project Wednesday, starting with testing in Sarpy County with the goal of statewide implementation.

The project will link geographical information systems that contain precise mapping data about election districts with the state’s voter registration systems.

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Law Day 2019: Wolf v. Pig – Who Prevails?

Published by admin on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 12:00am

Would the Big Bad Wolf prevail in his tort claim for damages that he filed against Curly Pig after he was injured falling into a vat of boiling water at Pig’s home? One hundred fifth-graders from OPS’s Liberty Elementary School watched the (mock) trial held in their gym, with 12 of them serving as jurors, at the Omaha Bar Association’s 2019 Law Day Mock Trial.

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Fiscal Responsibility Lacking

Published by admin on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 12:00am

Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto of the Gage County bail out sales tax hike is just another chapter in the financial woes of state and local government.

Not long ago you learned of the calamity in Omaha Public Schools pension system. It wasn’t alone.

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Family Law Focus of CLE Seminar, Updated Manual

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 12:00am

The Nebraska State Bar Association’s 2019 Family Law Seminar is set for Monday in Omaha.

Registration is still open on the NSBA website, nebar.com, for the summit, which runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St. The event offers 6.25 hours of CLE in person or via distance learning.

The seminar will provide family law lawyers with an update on recently passed legislation and case law, as well as information on how family law intersects with immigration, bankruptcy, military retirement and federal tax cuts.

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County Invites Feedback at Public Forums About Justice Center

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 12:00am

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners and Justice Center Development Corp. have scheduled three public forums for next week to provide updates on the juvenile justice center project.

The public will have an opportunity to share thoughts and ask questions about the proposed plans, according to a news release.

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Free Society: Legal Aid of Nebraska: To the Muddy Rescue and Beyond

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Legal Aid of Nebraska: To the Muddy Rescue and Beyond

The water came from everywhere and it seems few, if any, were ready for what happened in the middle of March. Historic flooding ravaged much of Nebraska. Federal disaster relief came, but so much more was needed.

That need was, and is, one that could not wait. Legal Aid of Nebraska – the organization that provides free civil legal help to eligible low-income clients – was ready.

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Law Day 2019 Contest Winners

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Each year, the Omaha Legal Professionals Association (OLPA) sponsor the Law Day essay contest to area eighth-grade students and the Nebraska Paralegal Association (NePA) gives area fifth graders a chance to win with a poster contest. Both competitions feature the Law Day theme for the year.

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Legal Aid Office Opens a Year After Fire

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Lincoln – A three-alarm fire broke out in a century-old historic building in downtown Lincoln on President’s Day 2018, leaving Legal Aid of Nebraska and others with millions of dollars in damage and no permanent office space.

The nonprofit organization has risen from the ashes of the fire with a new office space in Lincoln’s Terminal Building, which is now open to the public.

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Free Press: Media of Nebraska Works to Protect Access to Public Information

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Journalists might take for granted their right to report utterances made in open court, but they have the organized efforts of Nebraska media outlets to thank for a landmark Supreme Court decision establishing that right.

The media coalition came together to fight a North Platte judge’s order in 1975 to stop the publication and broadcasting of accounts of a confession or other facts “strongly implicative” of guilt in a Sutherland murder case.

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Free Speech: UNL Incident Highlights University Speech Issues, Challenges

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Displaying a middle finger is so mundane that it has its own emoji.

Yet the vulgar gesture, along with some derogatory language, sparked a political firestorm at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, igniting a debate over freedom of expression that lingers nearly two years later.

The result has been condemnation by national advocacy groups, challenges to university policies and political pressure to further protect conservative values at UNL.