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3 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
” by Isaac Stanley-Becker and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for MSN Alaska: “Federal Court Ruling Likely Allows Unlimited Cash in Alaska Political Campaigns” by James Brooks (Anchorage Daily News) for Yahoo News Maine: “State Ethics Panel Launches Probe into Company That Donated to Democrats” by Scott Thistle for Portland Press Herald Nebraska: “Nebraska Legislative Races Keep Breaking Spending Records, and There’s No End in Sight” by… [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden’s Vow to Limit Ethics Conflicts Finds a Test Case: The Ricchetti brothers MSN – Michael Scherer and Sean Sullivan (Washington Post) | Published: 6/14/2021 President Biden vowed to ban his own family from involvement in government, disclose records of White House visitors, and support new legislation that would expand the definition of lobbying and mandate more detailed disclosure of contacts with White House officials. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Nebraska: “Donor to Nebraska Anti-Gambling Campaign Will Pay Record-Breaking Late Filing Fee” by Martha Stoddard for Omaha World-Herald Washington: “Google to Pay Washington State $400,000 to Settle Campaign Finance Lawsuit” by David Gutman for Seattle Times Elections National: “‘It Was Exhaustion, It Was Sadness, It Was Fatigue’: America’s mayors call it quits” by Lisa Kashinsky for Politico National:… [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Signs Executive Order Raising Federal Contractors’ Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour MSN – Dartunorro Clark (NBC News) | Published: 4/28/2021 President Biden signed an executive order that raises the minimum wage for federal contractors and tipped employees working on government contracts to $15 an hour. [read post]
26 Apr 2021, 4:18 am by Jim Sedor
Statehood – Launching Bill into Uncharted Territory” by Meagan Flynn (Washington Post) for MSN Ethics National: “Only 17 Percent of Public Affairs Staff Are People of Color: Survey” by Alex Gangitano for The Hill National: “Voting Rights Standoff Stalls Trump-Inspired Ethics Measures” by Elizabeth Williamson for New York Times Illinois: “Fired Madison County Officials Sue Cities Over Two-year Corruption Investigation” by Kavahn Mansouri (Belleville… [read post]
21 Feb 2021, 7:52 am by Family Law
From the Omaha World-Herald: Physicians at Children’s Hospital in Omaha had informed the parents that the child had a 60% chance of “relapse-free, long-term survival” from alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with the recommended course of treatment: 66 weeks of chemotherapy, as well... [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Beau Biden Foundation to Deny Lobbyist Donations, Make Major Donors Public The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 1/21/2021 The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, which works to combat child abuse and was named after President Biden’s late son, told donors it will make changes to increase transparency. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Lawmaker” by Adam Liptak for New York Times Lobbying National: “One of Trump’s Final Acts Will Allow Former Aides to Profit from Foreign Ties” by Theodoric Meyer for Politico North Dakota: “Legislative Lobbyists Navigate Through New Restrictions” by Dylan Sherman (North Dakota Newspaper Association) for Grand Forks Herald Redistricting Nebraska: “Often Heated Redistricting Process Expected to Add State Senators in Nebraska’s Metro… [read post]
19 Aug 2020, 5:30 am by James Romoser
The Omaha World-Herald republishes a recent Los Angeles Times editorial calling for the court to make live audio of oral arguments a permanent feature. [read post]
28 Mar 2020, 4:34 pm by Howard Bashman
” Paul Hammel of The Omaha World-Herald has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Nebraska issued yesterday. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 8:48 pm by Howard Bashman
Court of Appeals rules against Omaha college basketball referee who says he was harassed”: Nancy Gaarder of The Omaha World-Herald has a report that begins, “John Higgins, an Omaha-based college basketball referee, has been rebuffed by the U.S. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 10:42 am by Dean I. Weitzman, Esq.
The teen, Megan Klindt, was the only passenger on the Riverside Community School District bus when its driver, 74-year-old Donnie Hendricks, apparently backed the bus up for an unknown reason and got its rear wheels stuck in a ditch outside Oakland, Iowa, on Dec. 12, 2017, according to a Feb. 13 story by the Omaha World-Herald. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Paul Caron
Omaha World-Herald, Longtime NU Law Professor Josephine Potuto Sues Over Unequal Pay For Women: The longest-serving female professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has sued the university, alleging she has received unequal pay because of her gender. [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 6:54 am by Robert Kraft
” Teen e-cigarette use at “crisis level,” health experts say The Omaha (NE) World-Herald reported “health professionals say the number of teenagers using e-cigarettes is at a crisis level. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Whistleblower Claimed Trump Abused His Office and That White House Officials Tried to Cover It Up Portland Press Herald – Matt Zapotosky, Carol Leonnig, and Devlin Barrett (Washington Post) | Published: 9/26/2019 An intelligence community whistleblower raised alarms that President Trump used his office to pressure a foreign government to influence the 2020 U.S. election and his staff orchestrated a cover-up to keep details of a telephone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr… [read post]
25 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Montana: “Campaign Contribution Limits Go Up in Montana” by Holly Michels for The Missoulian Washington: “Food-Makers Fight Record Fine in Washington GMO Case” by Don Jenkins for Capital Press Elections National: “DNC Raises Threshold to Make November Debate Stage” by Zach Montellaro for Politico Ethics National: “Pelosi Announces Impeachment Inquiry, Says Trump’s Courting of Foreign Political Help Is a ‘Betrayal of National… [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 2:02 pm by Howard Bashman
“Nebraska Supreme Court upholds guilty verdict of man convicted in assisted-suicide case”: Paul Hammel of The Omaha World-Herald has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Nebraska issued today. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 7:42 am by Victoria Kwan
According to the Omaha World-Herald, the exact dates were not made public at the justice’s request. [read post]
25 Jan 2019, 10:40 am by Howard Bashman
And Paul Hammel of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “Nebraska Supreme court rules to uphold validity of death sentences. [read post]