Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/12/2024 - 7:30am
LINCOLN — Days after the Nebraska Republican Party endorsed none of the state’s five-member, all-GOP congressional delegation — an endorsement none of them sought this year — 26 GOP state senators signed a letter endorsing all five.
“We, State Senators of Nebraska, endorse our current federal incumbents for re-election in 2024,” the letter says.
The letter thanked U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts and U.S. Reps. Mike Flood, Don Bacon and Adrian Smith for taking “commonsense Nebraska values” to Washington, D.C., touting their “dedicated conservative leadership.”
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:00pm
WASHINGTON — Leading Republicans — and the Biden presidential campaign — on Wednesday rushed to identify former President Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee after he won decisively in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:57am
The United Auto Workers has endorsed President Joe Biden’s bid for reelection in 2024. “Joe Biden has earned it,” said union president Shawn Fain on Jan. 24 as he announced the union’s decision to back the incumbent candidate.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:24am
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Almost a year after Nebraska lawmakers drew national attention for a bitter feud that saw left-leaning senators filibuster nearly every bill, the speaker of the Legislature vowed last Monday to do more to avoid another quagmire this session.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 3:00am
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday that identifies “cascading failures” in law enforcement’s handling of the massacre.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 2:00am
LINCOLN — Local school districts could choose to allow security personnel or other designated employees to carry firearms to enhance security under a proposal introduced last Wednesday.
“I don’t want children to die,” said Gordon Sen. Tom Brewer, who introduced LB 1339 along with 28 other senators.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Mon, 01/22/2024 - 1:00am
People often extol the virtue of open-mindedness, but can there be too much of a good thing?
As a college dean, I regularly observe campus controversies about the Israel-Hamas war, race relations and other hot-button issues. Many of these concern free speech – what students, faculty and invited speakers should and shouldn’t be allowed to say.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 5:00am
As we begin the new year and await the announcement from Mayor Jean Stothert on whether or not she will be running for a fourth term, it is time to consider the next mayoral election and what it will mean for the city, especially with Stothert’s streetcar project. With the next election happening in 2025, we have a whole year for campaigning and to see how much Stothert can get done before her term is finished.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 5:00am
Nikki Haley is on track to win a record number of delegates for a woman in a Republican presidential primary, with projections showing a third-place finish in Iowa will earn her seven delegates.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 01/08/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON — Congress got next to nothing done during the past year and could accomplish even less in 2024 as attention shifts to the November elections.
House Republican and Senate Democratic leaders reached agreement on bills and resolutions they sent to the president’s desk just 34 times during the first year of the 118th Congress — making that session the least productive in decades.