Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.
The ban related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was announced Monday during a daylong visit to the Cornhusker state by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap in one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted the assault charges the Trump administration is pursuing against New Jersey U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver following a clash with law enforcement earlier this month outside an immigration detention center in Newark.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
Never surrendering, the family of Terri McCauley is one step closer to seeing justice as her accused murderer sits in a Sioux City, Iowa, jail, awaiting trial more than 40 years after her death. The Omaha tribal citizen was killed in 1983.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 12:00am
The Nebraska Legislature last week sent 31 bills to Gov. Jim Pillen for his signature to transform them into state laws. If you’re keeping score at home (Pro tip: You should be.), that’s nearly six times more than the U.S. Congress has sent along to the president to become federal law as of this writing.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
Move over pussycats, in deference to the pink-hatted women’s movement of previous elections cycles, there’s a new breed of peaceful protestors in town.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00am
April 2025 was a busy month for space.
Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical issue for the future of space exploration: the discovery, extraction and utilization of natural resources on the Moon.