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Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. has been recognized for excellence and earned “National Tier 1” rankings in Employment Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Management; Immigration Law; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment; and Sports Law categories in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list. Law firms included in “Best Law Firms” are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and legal prowess. (Shutterstock)
Jackson Lewis P.C., a nationwide law firm with a strong local presence, has been recognized for its excellence with a Tier 1 Metropolitan designation by U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
The Omaha office...
Head Brewer and Owner, Dan Brouillette, opened Lumen Beer Company this past June and recently brewed his 31st beer. No two brews have been the same. The small taproom at 1433 S 13th Street in Little...
Deb Gilg (Courtesy Photo)
Deborah Gilg
December 15, 1951 - November 16, 2022
Deborah Gilg was a champion for justice, women, and her family. She was a trailblazer.
On November 16, Nebraska lost that champion after a...
Ponca Chief Standing Bear won the first civil rights trial in Native American history when, in 1879, an Omaha judge ruled he could return to his tribal homeland in northeast Nebraska to bury his son...
Tucked away behind an unassuming gate in Little Bohemia, lies an impressive courtyard with a 30-year-old Wisteria, a Pagoda tree, pear tree, apple tree, four different types of vines, two different...
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This Lincoln home, at 11700 E. Van Dorn St., as well as a guest cottage and a “barndominium,” were part of a residential complex being built by Aaron Marshbanks, a Lincoln businessman being investigated for alleged loan fraud. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN – The target of a state banking investigation into alleged fraudulent loans was in the process of building a multimillion-dollar residential complex on the eastern edge of the Capital City....
(Patrick Semansky/ AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state...
Many judicial controversies have begun in educational setting. (Shutterstock)
Religious Freedom And LGBTQ Rights Are Clashing In Schools And On Campuses – And Courts Are Deciding
Disputes over religious freedom and LGBTQ rights in the United States have led to some of the most high-profile judicial controversies – and 2022 is no exception. For example, the Supreme Court began...
Lucy Studey of Fremont County, Iowa has claimed her late father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer. Lucy says there are over 50 bodies buried in her father’s old well and on his land. If her claims are substantiated, Donald Studey would become one of the most prolific serial killers in recent history. (Shutterstock)
Lucy Studey began making calls to her local Sheriff’s office in Thurman, Iowa in 2007 to claim that her father, Donald Studey, had killed and buried bodies on his land. It wasn’t until August of 2021...
OMAHA — A long-vacant property near Omaha’s riverfront is to come alive with a nearly $12 million residential condo project that stands out, in part, for the timing as well as a garage-top swimming...
This Week's News
This Lincoln home, at 11700 E. Van Dorn St., as well as a guest cottage and a “barndominium,” were part of a residential complex being built by Aaron Marshbanks, a Lincoln businessman being investigated for alleged loan fraud. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
12/09/2022 - 4:00am
LINCOLN – The target of a state banking investigation into alleged fraudulent loans was in the process of building a multimillion-dollar residential complex on the eastern edge of the Capital City.
Aaron Marshbanks, who was found dead a month ago in...
(Patrick Semansky/ AP Photo)
12/09/2022 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the...
Lucy Studey of Fremont County, Iowa has claimed her late father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer. Lucy says there are over 50 bodies buried in her father’s old well and on his land. If her claims are substantiated, Donald Studey would become one of the most prolific serial killers in recent history. (Shutterstock)
12/09/2022 - 1:00am
Lucy Studey began making calls to her local Sheriff’s office in Thurman, Iowa in 2007 to claim that her father, Donald Studey, had killed and buried bodies on his land. It wasn’t until August of 2021 that Fremont County Sheriff, Kevin Aistrope,...
12/08/2022 - 5:00am
OMAHA — A long-vacant property near Omaha’s riverfront is to come alive with a nearly $12 million residential condo project that stands out, in part, for the timing as well as a garage-top swimming pool.
The five-story “Riverplace” is believed to...
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12/08/2022 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — State and local officials are investigating what might be Nebraska’s largest case of bank fraud related to loans obtained by a recently deceased Lincoln developer.
Claims by banks and other lenders against the estate of Aaron Marshbanks...
An anti-trafficking billboard seen in Las Vegas, NV. (John Locher / AP Photo)
12/08/2022 - 1:00am
Each year, tens of thousands of people text or call 1-888-373-7888, the national human trafficking hotline. Now, lawmakers are pushing to require that number to be posted in every airport, bus station, rail station and all ports of entry in the...
12/08/2022 - 12:00am
LONDON (AP) — A 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the grave of a powerful woman who may have been an early Christian religious leader in Britain, archaeologists said Tuesday.
Experts say...
The utilities’ 16th annual Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth is taking place on March 4, 2023. This event raises money for utility assistance programs in the metro. Registration for this event is open at HeatTheStreetsOmaha.com. (Courtesy of OPPD)
12/07/2022 - 5:00am
As inflation raises prices on many goods and services, the ongoing challenges of our current economy are taking a toll on many of us. More and more Metropolitan Utilities District and Omaha Public Power District customers are seeking help to pay...
Sterling Sheffield, an assistant professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida, shows over-the-counter hearing aids Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. OTC hearing aids started hitting the market in October after the FDA approved them for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and Sheffield has been testing them. (Alan Youngblood / AP Photo)
12/07/2022 - 4:00am
It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids started hitting the market in October at prices that...
Millard North High School has been the site of a controversy over whether symbols that show LGBTQ students support are political in nature and not allowed to be posted in classrooms. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
12/07/2022 - 3:00am
OMAHA — Some local parents and students consider a pride flag or “safe space” stickers displayed in a handful of Omaha suburban high school classrooms as inappropriately political.
But these symbols aren’t political to local LGBTQ students. To them...
The regulatory body that sets and enforces reliability standards in parts of the U.S. power system warns that if certain regions experience extreme weather this winter they may not have sufficient energy supplies. (Noah Berger / AP Photo)
12/07/2022 - 1:00am
The nonprofit regulator charged with helping ensure the reliability of the North American electric grid is warning of potential electric supply shortfalls during severe weather this winter in several regions of the country.
Earlier this month, the...
Predictions of a recession combined with high interest rates and inflation make it a daunting time to enter the real estate market. That doesn’t make it the wrong time in all cases, though. Small-business owners looking for commercial property should consider their business’s growth stage, along with the cost of borrowing and how that might change what down payment they can afford. (Julie Jacobson / AP Photo)
12/06/2022 - 4:00am
For small businesses hoping to establish or expand their brick-and-mortar presence, it may seem like a bad time to sink cash into a commercial property purchase.
Amid predictions of an upcoming recession, the Federal Reserve increased the federal...
12/06/2022 - 3:00am
OMAHA — For the first time in 30 months, an index used by Creighton University to gauge the economic health of a nine-state region including Nebraska has dropped below growth neutral.
That sends up “flashing recession warnings” for the first half of...
(Justin Wan / Lincoln Journal Star via AP Photo)
12/06/2022 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska voters in November elected a record number of women to the Legislature, sending new faces to join the 14 women already serving and setting a new high of 18.
Women in 2023 will hold more than a third of Nebraska’s 49 seats for the...
A new option might be headed for national pumps year-round, ethanol blends of 15%. (Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo)
12/05/2022 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — The U.S. Senate, with volatile gasoline prices top of mind, is inching toward a bipartisan solution to a years-long push for year-round sales of ethanol blends of 15% or more.
Bills to codify the change have shared support from...
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / AP Photo)
12/05/2022 - 4:00am
To hear some tell it, a Supreme Court case set for argument on Dec. 7 could spell the end of democracy in the United States. If the Republicans who brought the case, Moore v. Harper, prevail, state legislatures will effectively be free to override...
Pictured is Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become, in the new year, the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
12/05/2022 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON — The three U.S. House Democrats who have led their party through four presidencies and thousands of floor votes formally passed the torch to the next generation Wednesday, when the party gathered behind closed doors to elect its top...
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12/05/2022 - 1:00am
As a teenager, Greta Gustafson was sure that she wanted to be a veterinarian. But when the time came to choose a college, she didn’t have the financial means to simply apply to the higher education institutions with the best veterinary degree...
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