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LINCOLN — State Sen. Merv Riepe has racked up eight years of service in the Nebraska Legislature, but he is eligible for reelection because his two terms were not consecutive. The retired hospital administrator was first elected in 2014 to represent District 12, encompassing Ralston and a portion of western Omaha. In…
LINCOLN — Now down to four contest finalists, voting has opened for the third and final round of this year’s “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” competition organized by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Of the final four products, two are made in the western Nebraska city of Gering. The annual bracket-style…
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients…
LINCOLN — The tension between voters and the appointed members of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission has not faded in the year since the commission issued its first licenses. A public hearing on the commission’s latest proposed changes to its rules and regulations is Thursday. However, some concern extends…
LINCOLN — People wishing to weigh in on the latest regulations for the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission can do so in person Thursday or by sending in written comments by the end of the day. The public hearing begins at 1 p.m. Thursday at the State Office Building in downtown Lincoln. It will run for
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban plays out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in a 26-page order rejected…
As candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role. A survey of nearly 50 crime scholars convened by the…
LINCOLN — The federal government has approved Nebraska’s request to bar temporary financial assistance for tobacco, tattoos, psychic readings, video games and other “inappropriate and nonessential purchases.” U.S. Assistant HHS Secretary Alex Adams, head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’…