Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/15/2024 - 8:32am
When I started covering crime as a reporter for small newspapers in the 1980s, I was assigned to walk to the police department lobby each morning and look through all of the previous day’s police reports, clipped to a board on the counter, containing all the details laid out for anyone to see. We were able to report to the community each day on the major events in town – to explain why people heard sirens, or saw a smoke plume.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/15/2024 - 8:26am
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen approved the final rules and regulations for Nebraska’s gender care law Tuesday, ending the administrative process as a legal challenge continues to play out.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/15/2024 - 8:24am
A robing ceremony was held for the Hon. Judge Derek Vaughn, Douglas County District, 4th Judicial District of Nebraska, at the Omaha Douglas Civic Center, Legislative Chambers on Friday, February 23, 2024. Judiciary introductions and opening remarks were given by Donald W. Kleine, Douglas County Attorney. Judge Vernon Daniels, Douglas County Separate Juvenile Court, performed the robing ceremony.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 3:00am
Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one of the key points of debate is over bail: Which suspects should be jailed before trial, and which ones should be released on bond — and for how much money?
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/23/2024 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — A state labor court on Friday sided with the State of Nebraska, which had balked at an employee union’s request to provide records the state said could potentially cost over $1 million to produce.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Days after an ACLU of Nebraska report alleged due process violations for immigrants at the Omaha immigration court, a federal office that oversees the court has pushed back.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 4:00am
Because of his age and his determination to run for a second term, President Biden is taking the American public into unchart-ed waters. He is the oldest person ever to serve as president, is the oldest ever to run for re-election and, if he is successful, would be 86 at the end of his tenure.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 3:00am
On Dec. 27, 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that the company committed willful copyright infringement through its generative AI tool ChatGPT. The Times claimed both that ChatGPT was unlawfully trained on vast amounts of text from its articles and that ChatGPT’s output contained language directly taken from its articles.