Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — In a U.S. Senate race marked by allegations of planted candidates, an unusual thing happened on the filing deadline day: Democratic candidate Cindy Burbank paid the $1,740 filing fee for Legal Marijuana NOW Party candidate Mike Marvin, state records obtained by the Nebraska Examiner show.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 12:00am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it's not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on Tuesday that the social media giant's platforms are harmful to children’s mental health and imposed a $375 million penalty.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers voted against proposed salary increases for the state’s top constitutional officers Tuesday, with most of those officials coming out against the proposal.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, one of the people who would get a raise under the bill, threatened to veto any such raises if sent to his desk. He is up for reelection this year.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am
The Trump Administration’s “Disturbing” New Legal Strategy to Prosecute Border Crossers Is Taxing Courts and Testing the Law
Jose Omar Flores-Penaloza was willing to admit that he had entered the United States illegally. He was ready to be deported, according to his attorneys.
But federal prosecutors would not let him go last spring without making him answer for another crime — one he had never heard of.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to providing six weeks of paid maternity leave to all female Nebraska state employees after they give birth or adopt a child.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Lincoln Police Department is now investigating a $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract between the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and a Lincoln contractor Gov. Jim Pillen recommended.
State Auditor Mike Foley has said the deal “smacks of favoritism.” Part of Foley’s probe also questions actions by some top staff under Pillen’s direct control, he has said.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am
Though the twenty-four-hour news cycle inundates us with everything from the unending sludge that comes out of Washington to some ‘great new medical discovery’ that turns out to be based on an erroneous paper, finding the right topic to write an article on is not particularly easy. If something has already been covered, shall I, too, beat that dead horse? Sound the same trumpet? I suppose I would if my goal were just to make a quick buck; however, it is not.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:00am
The off-duty police officer had been drinking heavily at a casino and at a South Dakota bar in September 2005 when a convicted felon who had bad blood with Officer Tim Decker walked in.
Within minutes, the North Sioux City cop approached, and the two men began to argue.