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Actions by GOP Attorneys General Could Damage Credibility

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 5:00am

By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation’s Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices’ long-held special status in federal courts.

McKinney Ready to Grapple With New Challenges

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 4:00am

So, which is more of a full-contact sport: wrestling or politics?

“Probably politics,” new Omaha Sen. Terrell McKinney told the Nebraska Unicameral Information Office with a chuckle.

He would know.

Nebraska Workers Worry About New Delay in Vaccine

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 3:00am
Syringes with the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 disease are ready at the vaccination center of the Dron hospital in Tourcoing in northern France, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP)

Nebraska teachers and meatpacking workers worry it will take longer for essential workers like them to get the coronavirus vaccine now that the next group of people to be vaccinated has been expanded to include everyone 65 and older in the state.

New Lawsuit Brought in Missouri River Flooding

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:00am

St. Joseph, Mo. – The federal government faces a second lawsuit over flooding along the Missouri River after it was ordered last month to pay some landowners for damages.

R. Dan Boulware, of the Polsinelli law firm, filed the new class-action lawsuit on behalf of 60 plaintiffs who experienced damages during flooding in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014, The St. Joseph News-Press reports.

Senators Urged to Break Meat Supply Chain Logjam

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 1:00am

Oakland – Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill to provide some relief for meat supply chains by allowing consumers to purchase smaller ownership shares of livestock.

Women’s Prison Placed Under Virus Quarantine

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 12:00am

A prison for women is under quarantine because of an increase in coronavirus cases among inmates and staff members, corrections officials said.

Corrections officials have suspended the inmate visitation program at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, The Omaha World-Herald reported. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services reopened visitation at its facilities earlier this month.

Creighton Gets $25M Donation for Program

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 12:00am

Creighton University received a $25 million donation from an unnamed foundation to create a program at its medical school for students interested in addressing poverty and improving health care in other countries.

Nebraska Lawmakers Introduce 69 Bills on Day 8

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 12:00am

Senators reconvened last Thursday to continue introduction of new bills.

Among the 69 measures introduced were:

• LB 424, sponsored by Gordon Sen. Tom Brewer, which would provide and change zoning requirements for wind energy generation projects;

Omaha FBI: Another Arrest in Capitol Breach

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 12:00am

Cedar Rapids, Iowa – A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday by federal agents on suspicion of being among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol during a deadly pro-Trump insurrection on Jan. 6.

Lawsuit: Sioux City College Program Facilitates Human Trafficking

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 12:00am

Des Moines, Iowa – Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude.

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