Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — Central Nebraska residents with designs on a part-time job in Lincoln have until 5 p.m. Nov. 8 to apply to replace State Sen. Tom Briese of Albion in the Legislature.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 3:00am
Political observers, most Americans and even members of Congress can’t remember a battle for the post of speaker of the U.S. House as fraught as the one that began back in January 2023 and continues still, 10 months later.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 5:00am
When Allison Jaslow ran into Sen. Tommy Tuberville in the Capitol in July, she asked him what he had to say about how his block on military promotions on the Senate floor has impacted military service members’ livelihoods.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska needs to study the systemic shortcomings and gaps in the state’s mental health care system for young people and adults, members of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee heard in a Wednesday hearing.
Then the state needs to step up, senators were told.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 2:00am
CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley has long tried to set herself apart from her Republican presidential rivals on foreign policy, peppering her speeches with anecdotes about serving as United Nations ambassador and the threats she sees from China and Russia.
The war provoked by Hamas' attack on Israel has shaken American politics — and put the primary race in her wheelhouse.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 2:00am
The return of federal student loan bills may feel like a bad dream. And if poor guidance from your servicer, an incorrect balance or other account errors keep you up at night, consider filing a complaint.
Borrowers filed about 101,500 student loan complaints with the Federal Student Aid office in 2022 – more than double from 2021 – and that number is poised to increase this year as repayment starts.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — A Sandhills-area school district will pay $227,500 and hold cultural sensitivity training for its staff as part of a settlement over an incident in which two Lakota students hair was cut without permission.
Another aspect of the federal lawsuit consent decree on Wednesday bans the Cody-Kilgore School District from cutting any student’s hair without parental permission or during a head lice check.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Days after Nebraska’s gender care restrictions took effect, lawmakers are asking for more information, including immediate guidance on how physicians should carry out the law.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 2:00am
Back in March, Hawaii state Sen. Chris Lee introduced legislation urging the U.S. Congress to consider the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence technologies.
But he didn’t write it. Artificial intelligence did.