Cate Folsom

Sep 22, 2024 | nebraskaexaminer.com | Cate Folsom

by Cate Folsom, Nebraska Examiner September 23, 2024 When Tennessee state Rep. Bob Freeman, a Democrat, studied his cable and internet bill last year, he kept seeing recurring charges for app subscriptions he didn’t recognize. Turned out, his 14-year-old daughter had been signing up for subscriptions with introductory rates and never canceling when they rolled over to the full price. “I would question her bills, and she said, ‘Oh, it’s only $1.99.’ Those were teaser rates,” he said in an interview.

Aug 2, 2024 | lexch.com | Cate Folsom

OMAHA — Severe storms overnight Wednesday that knocked out electricity for more than 240,000 Nebraskans and downed trees and power lines with gusts of wind up to 100 mph spurred Gov. Jim Pillen to issue a state disaster declaration. Pillen declared a disaster Thursday in six counties: Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington. His […]

Jun 7, 2024 | nebraskaexaminer.com | Cate Folsom |Ariana Figueroa

by Cate Folsom, Nebraska Examiner June 7, 2024 EL PASO, Texas — Seventeen-year-old Karina Parababire gently rocked her 3-month-old daughter as they waited in a migrant shelter before a Friday night bus ride to Chicago. “I want my daughter to have everything that I didn’t have,” Parababire, who traveled up the extremely dangerous route of the Darien Gap while pregnant, said in Spanish.

May 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Cate Folsom

Cate FolsomMay 29, 2024 at 6:07 PM·2 min readPoll watcher Rick Weible observes the counting of ballots during the Sioux Falls city and school board election on April 9, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)The South Dakota Board of Elections did not approve petitions Wednesday from activists who want to move the state toward hand-counting ballots. A Republican state Senate candidate, Rick Weible, of Elkton, petitioned the board for declaratory rulings.

Mar 12, 2024 | 3newsnow.com | Libby Kamrowski |Cate Folsom

BENNINGTON, Neb. (KMTV) — The Bennington Public Schools Bond has failed, according to an early vote count by the Douglas County Election Commission. It failed  by a narrow margin of less than 200 votes. 2,959 votes were against the bonds and tax, while 2,761 voted in favor. Douglas County is overseeing the election, which was conducted entirely by mail and through ballot drop boxes in Douglas and Washington counties. Results remain unofficial until all ballots are processed.