It’s fully booked for 2023, with 16 weddings scheduled and another already on the books for 2024.
The Montana Office of the Public Defender is coming off one of its most tumultuous years since the agency was concentrated from county offices into an obligation of the state.
Experts say Arizona's Pima County soon won’t have enough public defenders to handle the cases being filed. “We’re hitting a crisis point,” one public defender said.
The first days of all-day Unicameral hearings includes several other bills of regional interest, including Gordon Sen. Tom Brewer’s second attempt to enact the Critical Infrastructure Utility Worker Protection Act.
Across the West, public defense systems face crushing caseloads, historic under-funding, structural problems, and severe staffing shortages, imperiling criminal defendants’ lives and often denying them their constitutional right to counsel.
Dr. Jacob Weasel is a man of firsts, including being the first known Lakota Sioux surgeon. This spring, he'll attempt to be the first Native American to summit Everest.
The Sarpy County Museum is kicking off a $15 million fundraising campaign to raise funds for a new Papillion facility.
Construction plans for the $600 million skyscraper call for it to rise 677, 43 feet taller than First National Bank Tower.
LINCOLN — Federal prosecutors in California pushed back Friday on appeals from former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry that he was wrongly convicted of lying to federal agents and that he was wrongly tried in Los Angeles, instead of Nebraska. In a 73-page filing, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A. argued that at least […]
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LINCOLN — Chueqa Yang told a legislative panel Friday that she wasn’t always such an activist for her Asian American community. Born in Omaha to refugees who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, Yang said she grew up in a largely white area, with little exposure to her Hmong heritage outside the family home. […]
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A total of 83 projects from across Nebraska will receive a share of nearly $20 million in federal pandemic recovery funds to bolster the development of the state's behavioral health workforce.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday announced plans to speed up the use of infrastructure law funds to replace lead pipes in underserved communities, with a focus on Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin beginning this year. The four states, each led by Democratic governors, will be part of what’s called the Lead Service […]
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LINCOLN — Most legislation in the Nebraska Legislature includes a fiscal impact statement, a process two lawmakers encouraged the body’s Executive Board on Friday to expand to disability and racial impact statements for certain legislation. Legislative Bill 39 and Legislative Bill 54, introduced by State Sens. Carol Blood of Bellevue and Terrell McKinney of Omaha, respectively, […]
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A children's sex education book will remain in the library, but will be moved from the children's to the adult section. The library will also add books on abstinence.
A $915,000 grant will place 25 nurses across UNMC’s five campuses at K-12 schools later this semester through the newly created School Nurse Scholars program.
Lawmakers voted 32-14 to reject a motion by state Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha to rerefer Legislative Bill 626 to the Judiciary Committee. One of the bill's 29 cosponsors was absent.
LINCOLN — Nebraska has joined 24 other red states in a lawsuit seeking to block a new rule they claim frees up 401K managers to invest in so-called “environmental, social and governance” funds. The states argue that the U.S. Department of Labor is exceeding its authority by adopting a rule that allows fiduciaries to consider […]
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Chili and cinnamon roll ice cream, a collaboration between Lincoln’s 402 Creamery and Runza Restaurants, went on sale Thursday.
Lancaster County Court Judge Timothy Phillips set Garrett Shaw's bond at $500,000 at his first court appearance on the charge Wednesday.
With a substantially smaller supply, officials said, treasurers in some counties don't have the ability to hold back plate numbers from customers who need new plates first.
One person was killed and four remain hospitalized after a crash Wednesday night in Saunders County.
The Christ Child Society of Omaha donated a book vending machine to Westgate Elementary School. The machine is part of a pilot literacy program that could expand to more school districts.
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An Omaha lawmaker said his bill exempting diapers from sales tax would help parents of young children and those caring for adults with medical conditions.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office says a search of his SUV turned up more than a pound of marijuana and two vacuum sealed bags containing the pills.
WASHINGTON — The full Democratic National Committee is set to vote in just days about a decision to ratify a new lineup of five states that would lead the nation in primary voting for Democratic presidential candidates in 2024. But approval of the new calendar at a meeting scheduled for Feb. 4 in Philadelphia won’t […]
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"I hate that it's become a battle with law enforcement on this issue," Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon said, before police officials testified against his latest "constitutional carry" bill.
Authorities arrested Cali Heikes, 25, of Winside, on Sunday. No charges were filed by Wednesday.
With egg prices causing sticker shock at grocery stores, local suppliers have become a hot commodity.
See the counties with the highest number of emergency shelters per capita in Nebraska using data from the National Shelter System Facilities database.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend denial of a reasonable accommodation request from Michael House.