Molly Ashford

3 weeks ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

The bill comes after federal workforce cuts, paired with a hiring freeze for federal employees, led to service reductions at weather service offices across the country. The hiring freeze did not impact positions “related to public safety,” but weather service employees were not included in that category.

3 weeks ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has stopped collecting price data in Lincoln that's used to help calculate the nation's inflation rate. The consumer price index, or CPI, measures the change in average prices that consumers pay for everyday goods and services. Data is collected for the index by recording the prices of goods, like food and cars, and services, like housing and medical care, from around 23,000 retailers and service providers in 75 urban areas.

4 weeks ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

The Department of Homeland Security released a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” on Thursday accused of “shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”Included in the list are ten Nebraska counties: Arthur, Blaine, Grant, Greeley, Hooker, Howard, Logan, Loup, McPherson and Thomas. But none of them are sanctuary jurisdictions, according to state and local officials.

1 month ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

There are three types of 287(g) agreements. The task force model is the most intensive and the only model to allow deputized officers to conduct immigration enforcement outside of a jail setting. It was previously phased out in 2012, and remained out of use until President Donald Trump took office in January. The jail enforcement model allows deputized officers to interrogate suspected noncitizens who are in custody, issue immigration detainers and serve administrative warrants.

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Molly Ashford

By Molly AshfordAfter a day of agricultural tours across Nebraska and a roundtable with farmers and ranchers from around the state, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a series of policy proposals meant to support small family farms. "There's been a lot of conversation about how we keep America strong and bring prosperity back to rural America," Rollins said after a closed-to-media roundtable with Nebraska ag leaders at Ohnoutka Family Farm in Valparaiso.