Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 7:00am
Well the signatures have all been turned in. The petitions to legalize Medical Marijuana, offer paid sick leave to all employees, and the two different initiatives regarding abortion have been submitted to the Secretary of State’s office and now we sit back and wait.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 6:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, according to three people briefed on the plans.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 5:00am
OMAHA — The Omaha City Council gave the nod Tuesday to a measure that empowers the city to force acquisition of private property, if necessary, to build out the multimillion-dollar streetcar route.
The city’s Public Works director said, however, that the city does not see any need to use the often-controversial power of eminent domain.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Omaha Public Schools, the largest school district in Nebraska, is less than 50 days from handing over management of its pension fund to the state.
But a new state audit widened the scope of problems Nebraska could inherit from the Omaha School Employees Retirement System, leaders of the state retirement system were told Monday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 7:00am
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 6:00am
The tee time for Gov. Jim Pillen’s property tax mulligan will apparently be sometime in the next month. The state’s CEO is hoping to get a do-over on his attempt to reduce property taxes in a special session of the Legislature, something he was unable to do in the Unicameral this spring.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 5:00am
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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 3:00am
Dorian Kaspar was outside, cutting trees with her husband at her farmhouse near St. Edward a few years back around Easter, when a gust of wind blew through the wide-open cornfields and carried in what seemed like rain.
It descended on her property. It splattered all over her house’s freshly installed cement board siding. The mist dampened her shirt and pants.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 2:00am
As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall – perhaps also a tense January.