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Nebraska Lawmaker Was Twice Denied Entry To McCook ICE Jail, Calls It Law Violation

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

The state’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Neb., has become a detention center for migrants facing deportation proceedings.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — A Nebraska lawmaker two times was denied entry to the controversial state-run federal immigration detention facility that federal officials dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink” — and now is calling on the Legislature’s Executive Board to step in.

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ICE Arrests Of Afghans Are On The Rise In The Wake Of National Guard Attack, Immigration Lawyers Say

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

Women and children exit an Afghan grocery store in North Highlands, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
(Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP Photo)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Giselle Garcia, a volunteer who has been helping an Afghan family resettle, drove the father to a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She warned him and his family to prepare for the worst.

The moment the father stepped into the ICE office in California's capital city, he was arrested.

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These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.

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

In this Sept. 25, 2013, photo Chief Medical Officer, Rogena Johnson, M.D. (left) answers questions for Jennifer Garcia after an examination at PrairieStar Health Center in Hutchinson, Kan.
(Tim Goessman / The Hutchinson News / AP Photo)

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.

This past June, Ashley Voss-Barnes received a court summons in the mail.

PrairieStar Health Center, a nonprofit community health center in south-central Kansas, was suing her for $675 and her wife for $732 in unpaid medical bills. Voss-Barnes knew the clinic received federal funding to make preventive health care accessible in a region where many families, including her own, needed financial help.

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Federal Review Finds 44% Of US Trucking Schools Don't Comply With Government Rules

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

A student truck driver makes flash cards for his commercial driver's license exam while taking a class in Calif., Nov. 15, 2021.
(Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with minimum requirements.

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Man Charged In National Guard Shooting Pleads Not Guilty During Court Appearance From Hospital Bed

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first hearing before a judge, appearing remotely by video from a hospital bed.

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Student Coalition, Dem Lawmakers Object To Trump Education Department Moves

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 12/05/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — A pair of Democratic lawmakers joined student leaders Tuesday in blasting President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

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Behind The Fight Over Expanding Disability Parking Placards For Pregnancy

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An Inside Look Into Nebraska Supreme Court And Its Often Unanimous Decisions

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The justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court join Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (center left in a blue suit) and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly (far left) for the elevation of Douglas County District Judge Derek Vaughn (center) to the Supreme Court. Vaughn’s colleagues, from left: are Justice John Freudenberg, Jason Bergevin, Jeffrey Funke (chief), William Cassel, Stephanie Stacy and Jonathan Papik, Nov. 10, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — The seven members of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled unanimously in all but one of 105 written opinions issued in the past year.

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A Small-Town Nebraska Nursing Home Closed. Its Former Director Faces State Punishment.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

The Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living facility in Laurel ended its operations in May. The facility faced significant financial pressures due to operational costs and a declining patient census.
(Jerry L Mennenga / Flatwater Free Press)

LAUREL — Although it took 74-year-old Linda Lund some time to come around to Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living, she eventually insisted it was home.

Lund, who has dementia, became attached to the city-owned nursing home and the people in it after adjusting, said her daughter Brenda Anderson.

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The Irony Of General Lawfulness

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 11/28/2025 - 12:00am

Are some laws worse than others? Morally questionable? Are some laws okay to break, sometimes? There are speed limits posted in (usually) regular intervals along the highway, yet, many people still speed. Sometimes I see police officers speed too. Living for more than thirty years now, I have had plenty of conversations with people where they had admitted to speeding themselves to a few miles over the speed limit or more.

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