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Make The Republican Party Republican Again

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am

Last Friday I joined reporters from other news outlets where we got online for the latest news conference by Congressman Don Bacon. In an era where virtually every other high-ranking Nebraska Republican official does their best to avoid the media, Don Bacon has consistently been available to answer questions. He’s an old school Republican.

Regardless of what you think of his politics, you have to respect that.

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OPPD Delays Vote On North Omaha Power Plant Transition From Coal To Natural Gas

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am

Omaha Public Power District Director Mary Spurgeon of Bellevue.
(Courtesy of OPPD)

OMAHA — The Omaha Public Power District delayed a vote this month to move forward on a decade-old plan to transfer two coal units at a North Omaha power plant to natural gas.

The delay came a week after Nebraska’s attorney general sued the public utility.

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Texas Attorney General Sues Tylenol Company Over Autism Claims

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, Feb. 23, 2024.
(Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

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A Man Who Spent 43 Years In Prison Before His Conviction Was Overturned Now Faces Deportation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:00am

Subramanyam and Saraswathi Vedam embrace during their parents' wedding anniversary party at State College, Pa., in August 1981.
(Saraswathi Vedam via AP)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month.

Vedam and Thomas Kinser were the 19-year-old children of Penn State University faculty. Vedam was the last person seen with Kinser and was twice convicted of killing him, despite a lack of witnesses or motive.

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Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Stripping Away Public Health Protections Built Over A Century

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

Bottles of raw milk are displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
(JoNel Aleccia / AP Photo)

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.

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This County Was The “Model” For Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended In Civil Rights Violations.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

Guadalupe, Arizona, where most residents are Latino or Native American, became one of Arpaio’s targets for immigration enforcement, which escalated under a 287(g) task force agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(Jesse Rieser / ProPublica)

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria

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Nebraska Tax Revenues Fall Below Projections Just Before State Budget Deficit Is Updated

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

The Nebraska State Capitol.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — After two months of higher-than-expected tax revenues, Nebraska’s monthly general fund receipts fell just before economic forecasters will update the state’s projected budget deficit.

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Nebraska Group Starts Ballot Push For Winner-Take-All, Hand-Counting Votes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — A nonprofit group behind a handful of Nebraska ballot initiatives announced a campaign Tuesday to gather signatures for two new ones aimed at conservative election goals.

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Detroit Parents Face Fines If Their Children Break Curfew − Research Shows The Policy Could Do More Harm Than Good

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.

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Pattern Of Alleged Staff Sexual Abuse At State-Run Kearney Youth Center Emerges In Court Hearings

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

(Editor’s note: This story contains allegations of sexual abuse of children. If you suspect that a child has been abused, call 800-652-1999 or report online.)

At least two staff members at the juvenile treatment center in Kearney have resigned, another is on leave and a fourth faces a criminal charge in connection with allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers in their custody.

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Make The Republican Party Republican Again

OPPD Delays Vote On North Omaha Power Plant Transition From Coal To Natural Gas

Texas Attorney General Sues Tylenol Company Over Autism Claims

A Man Who Spent 43 Years In Prison Before His Conviction Was Overturned Now Faces Deportation

Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Stripping Away Public Health Protections Built Over A Century

This County Was The “Model” For Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended In Civil Rights Violations.

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

Nebraska Tax Revenues Fall Below Projections Just Before State Budget Deficit Is Updated

Nebraska Group Starts Ballot Push For Winner-Take-All, Hand-Counting Votes

Detroit Parents Face Fines If Their Children Break Curfew − Research Shows The Policy Could Do More Harm Than Good

Pattern Of Alleged Staff Sexual Abuse At State-Run Kearney Youth Center Emerges In Court Hearings

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