LINCOLN — The 911 outages that slammed eastern Nebraska in late 2023 and early 2024 led the Nebraska Public Service Commission this month to file a formal complaint against Windstream, the telecommunications company whose systems failed.

LINCOLN — The former city clerk in Ponca, Nebraska, now stands charged with three criminal offenses for allegedly destroying years of city financial records just prior to her dismissal 16 months ago.

Denise Peterson, 59, was charged recently in Dixon County Court with one count each of abuse of public records and official misconduct, and one count of violation of the state records act.

Among the darkening infestation of misinformation surrounding elections, one gleam of light shines bright: Voting machines are more accurate than hand counting.

Research and recounts have shown us this. To entertain what-ifs or one-offs or claims to the contrary creates a false equivalence between the two methods of making sure our electoral process is safe and accurate.