Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am
Should an estranged husband have a say in whether the other person can adopt a child? Four Creighton University law students presented that argument before a panel of three judges as part of the school's annual Moot Court competition.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am
FREMONT, Neb. — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz on Monday launched an exploratory committee to run for Nebraska governor in 2026, seeking to uplift Nebraskans’ concerns instead of their partisanship.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am
As the Trump administration carries out what many observers say are illegal military strikes against vessels in the Caribbean allegedly smuggling drugs, six Democratic members of Congress issued a video on Nov. 18, 2025, telling the military “You can refuse illegal orders” and “You must refuse illegal orders.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed into law late Wednesday a bill compelling the release of unclassified investigative files from the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he shared a well-documented friendship, though Trump denies any involvement in the financier’s crimes.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — In the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Unicameral, the Democratic-leaning minority bloc currently has 16 seats, including progressive Omaha nonpartisan State Sen. Megan Hunt.
That means the Legislature’s partisan minority, when united, needs Hunt and at least one GOP defector to stop legislation the group opposes. Republicans, when united, hold a narrow supermajority of 33 seats that can overcome them.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am
In late September, Gov. Jim Pillen held a press conference to announce that he would opt Nebraska into the newly created federal school-choice tax credit program.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/17/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — The longest shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday night when President Donald Trump signed a spending package that reopens the government and funds most of it through January.
The Oval Office ceremony came just hours after the House voted to approve the legislation, which senators passed earlier in the week.