Legal News

Nebraska Tax Revenues Fall Below Projections Just Before State Budget Deficit Is Updated

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

The Nebraska State Capitol.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — After two months of higher-than-expected tax revenues, Nebraska’s monthly general fund receipts fell just before economic forecasters will update the state’s projected budget deficit.

Read more about Nebraska Tax Revenues Fall Below Projections Just Before State Budget Deficit Is Updated

Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Stripping Away Public Health Protections Built Over A Century

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

Bottles of raw milk are displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
(JoNel Aleccia / AP Photo)

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.

Read more about Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Stripping Away Public Health Protections Built Over A Century

This County Was The “Model” For Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended In Civil Rights Violations.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:00am

Guadalupe, Arizona, where most residents are Latino or Native American, became one of Arpaio’s targets for immigration enforcement, which escalated under a 287(g) task force agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(Jesse Rieser / ProPublica)

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.

Read more about This County Was The “Model” For Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended In Civil Rights Violations.

Nebraska Group Starts Ballot Push For Winner-Take-All, Hand-Counting Votes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — A nonprofit group behind a handful of Nebraska ballot initiatives announced a campaign Tuesday to gather signatures for two new ones aimed at conservative election goals.

Read more about Nebraska Group Starts Ballot Push For Winner-Take-All, Hand-Counting Votes

Detroit Parents Face Fines If Their Children Break Curfew − Research Shows The Policy Could Do More Harm Than Good

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.

Read more about Detroit Parents Face Fines If Their Children Break Curfew − Research Shows The Policy Could Do More Harm Than Good

Pattern Of Alleged Staff Sexual Abuse At State-Run Kearney Youth Center Emerges In Court Hearings

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/17/2025 - 12:00am

(Editor’s note: This story contains allegations of sexual abuse of children. If you suspect that a child has been abused, call 800-652-1999 or report online.)

At least two staff members at the juvenile treatment center in Kearney have resigned, another is on leave and a fourth faces a criminal charge in connection with allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers in their custody.

Read more about Pattern Of Alleged Staff Sexual Abuse At State-Run Kearney Youth Center Emerges In Court Hearings

Nebraska’s First Medical Cannabis Cultivators Offered Licenses As Legal Threats Loom

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/10/2025 - 12:00am

A marijuana plant at the Dakota Herb grow operation near Tea, South Dakota.
(John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight)

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission offered the state’s first medical cannabis cultivator licenses Tuesday, nearly a week after the voter-set deadline of Oct. 1.

Read more about Nebraska’s First Medical Cannabis Cultivators Offered Licenses As Legal Threats Loom

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer To Pay For Lifesaving Care. Here’s How To File It.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/10/2025 - 12:00am

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

by Duaa Eldeib

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.

Read more about This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer To Pay For Lifesaving Care. Here’s How To File It.

Conflict At The Drugstore: When Pharmacists’ And Patients’ Values Collide

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/10/2025 - 12:00am

(John Nacion / STAR MAX / IPx 2022 6/28/22 via AP Photo)

Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it denied. Now imagine that the reason is not insufficient insurance coverage or the wrong dose, but a pharmacist who personally objects to your medication. What right does a pharmacist have to make moral decisions for their patients?

Read more about Conflict At The Drugstore: When Pharmacists’ And Patients’ Values Collide

Judge Finds The Trump Administration Unconstitutionally Targeted Noncitizens Over Gaza War Protests

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 10/03/2025 - 12:00am

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech.

Read more about Judge Finds The Trump Administration Unconstitutionally Targeted Noncitizens Over Gaza War Protests

Omaha Daily Record

The Daily Record
222 South 72nd Street, Suite 302
Omaha, Nebraska
68114
United States

Tele (402) 345-1303
Fax (402) 345-2351

Legal News

Nebraska Tax Revenues Fall Below Projections Just Before State Budget Deficit Is Updated

Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Stripping Away Public Health Protections Built Over A Century

This County Was The “Model” For Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended In Civil Rights Violations.

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

Nebraska Group Starts Ballot Push For Winner-Take-All, Hand-Counting Votes

Detroit Parents Face Fines If Their Children Break Curfew − Research Shows The Policy Could Do More Harm Than Good

Pattern Of Alleged Staff Sexual Abuse At State-Run Kearney Youth Center Emerges In Court Hearings

Nebraska’s First Medical Cannabis Cultivators Offered Licenses As Legal Threats Loom

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer To Pay For Lifesaving Care. Here’s How To File It.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

Conflict At The Drugstore: When Pharmacists’ And Patients’ Values Collide

Judge Finds The Trump Administration Unconstitutionally Targeted Noncitizens Over Gaza War Protests

Latest Podcasts

Nebraska Landlord

Betches Sup - A Liberal News Commentary

Ruthless - A Conservative News Commentary

REIA Radio Show

Omaha Daily Record

You are here

Legal News

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

Latest Podcasts

Omaha Daily Record