Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/01/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the nation's top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned.
Susan Monarez isn't “aligned with” President Donald Trump's agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/01/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Thirteen progressive state lawmakers called on the chair of the Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to host a public hearing into a federal-state plan to morph a state prison into an immigration detention center.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/25/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The media spectacle of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen unveiling plans for a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the southwestern part of the state follows a political playbook from the Trump administration.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/25/2025 - 12:00am
When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign.
It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society that is suppressing freedom, particularly the freedom of expression. It can also describe something perverted by tyrannical power.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A new state commission charged with reviewing and suggesting updates to how Nebraska funds its public K-12 schools kicked off its first meeting Monday largely with a consensus that the state should dole out more aid to local schools.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/18/2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration and Harvard University are reportedly close to reaching a settlement that would require Harvard to pay US$500 million in exchange for the government releasing frozen federal funding and ending an investigation into antisemitism on campus.