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‘Isn’t The Time’: Lawmakers Reject 13-29% Raises For Nebraska State Officials

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am
The Nebraska Board of State Canvassers meet Monday, June 10, 2024, in Lincoln to certify the state’s 2024 primary election results. From left, seated: State Auditor Mike Foley, Secretary of State Bob Evnen, Gov. Jim Pillen, Attorney General Mike Hilgers and then-State Treasurer Tom Briese. 
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers voted against proposed salary increases for the state’s top constitutional officers Tuesday, with most of those officials coming out against the proposal.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, one of the people who would get a raise under the bill, threatened to veto any such raises if sent to his desk. He is up for reelection this year.

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The Trump Administration’s “Disturbing” New Legal Strategy To Prosecute Border Crossers Is Taxing Courts And Testing The Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am

The Trump Administration’s “Disturbing” New Legal Strategy to Prosecute Border Crossers Is Taxing Courts and Testing the Law

Jose Omar Flores-Penaloza was willing to admit that he had entered the United States illegally. He was ready to be deported, according to his attorneys.

But federal prosecutors would not let him go last spring without making him answer for another crime — one he had never heard of.

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What Is The SAVE America Act?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am
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Lawmakers Move Closer To Giving Paid Maternity Leave To Female Nebraska State Employees

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to providing six weeks of paid maternity leave to all female Nebraska state employees after they give birth or adopt a child.

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Lincoln Police Now Investigating $2.5M No-Bid Contract Flagged By Nebraska Auditor

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — The Lincoln Police Department is now investigating a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract between the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and a Lincoln contractor Gov. Jim Pillen recommended.

State Auditor Mike Foley has said the deal “smacks of favoritism.” Part of Foley’s probe also questions actions by some top staff under Pillen’s direct control, he has said.

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A Folly Towards The East

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am

Though the twenty-four-hour news cycle inundates us with everything from the unending sludge that comes out of Washington to some ‘great new medical discovery’ that turns out to be based on an erroneous paper, finding the right topic to write an article on is not particularly easy. If something has already been covered, shall I, too, beat that dead horse? Sound the same trumpet? I suppose I would if my goal were just to make a quick buck; however, it is not.

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He Lost His South Dakota Police Certificate. He’s Now Sheriff Of The Nebraska County Next Door.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am

The off-duty police officer had been drinking heavily at a casino and at a South Dakota bar in September 2005 when a convicted felon who had bad blood with Officer Tim Decker walked in.

Within minutes, the North Sioux City cop approached, and the two men began to argue.

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Nebraska Lawmakers Keep $3.5M For Private School Funding, Vouchers ‘Bridge’ Program For Now

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am
Tim Royers, president of the Nebraska State Education Association (center) talks about 2025 priorities for the teachers union, Jan. 28, 2025. 
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Lawmakers kept $3.5 million in Nebraska’s state budget Monday to help students using voter-repealed state funding to attend private K-12 schools with one-time “bridge” support until a new federal tax credit comes online.

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Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Whose Accomplice Fired Fatal Shot

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery.

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Nebraska Sues Roblox For What AG Calls Enabling Child Exploitation, Deceptive Safety Practices

Published by admin on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is suing online gaming platform Roblox to hold it “accountable for misleading Nebraska parents and children about the dangers” of the platform and steps the company took “to address those dangers.”

Hilgers laid out the lawsuit in a news conference Wednesday, saying Roblox, as designed, lacks the guardrails needed to help stop people who might prey on children, calling it “a playground for predators in Nebraska.” 

“One of the most important things that we do in this office is we protect kids,” Hilgers said. 

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