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3 weeks ago | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Cindy Gonzalez |on Fri
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are considering high-tech tools and new civil sanctions to make roads safer, including automated cameras that could send red light runners to a “stop” class or cost them money. A pair of Omaha state senators on Friday laid out their respective bills to the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, both saying they were open to tweaks that would help green light the measures. “We have had too many people die on roads, and I am interested in making this work,” State Sen.
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2 months ago | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Kevin Freking |Andrew DeMillo |Amanda Seitz |on Fri
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program. Millions more Americans signed up for taxpayer-funded health care coverage like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's marketplace during the Biden administration, a shift lauded by Democrats as a success.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Tom Becka |on Fri
Stateman or Politician? That Is The Equestrian Gov. Jim Pillen sits down with the Nebraska Examiner at the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)Governor Pillen is back in the Governor’s Mansion slowly healing from the terrible spill he took on his horse shortly before Christmas. He has recently done a series of media interviews to show that he is OK and getting back to work.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Paul Hammel |on Fri
Nebraska Lawmakers Express Dismay Over Low Return On Cash Investments By State Agency LINCOLN — A panel of state lawmakers passed over one idea for reducing property taxes but expressed dismay Friday that a state agency isn’t generating more investment income for Nebraska schoolchildren.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
presspublications.com | on Fri
By: Mary Blausey Genoa-Penta FFA Reporter The Genoa-Penta Future Farmers of America chapter started the year with our fall sale of mums, pumpkins, and gourds. All of the mums were grown by Junior Lyla Sprague at her family’s farm. Lyla created her business, LJ Mums this year. The pumpkins and gourds were grown by Senior Emersen Bickel. Emersen grew all her pumpkins and gourds from an acre of land in town and was able to do the entire process.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Paul Hammel |on Fri
LINCOLN — A ruling Friday by the Nebraska Supreme Court is raising concerns that some criminal offenders might have to return to a county jail to serve out more days behind bars. That, some officials said, would be an expensive endeavor for counties and one that could exacerbate overcrowding in local jails, though one prosecutor said the impact will be limited.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Jeffrey Collins |on Fri
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors and members of his family. Moore, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m.Moore was convicted of killing James Mahoney, the Spartanburg clerk, in September 1999 and sentenced to death two years later.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
omahadailyrecord.com | Zach Wendling |on Fri
LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraskans voted Tuesday to embrace legalizing and regulating medical cannabis, though the final say will likely be up to the courts, not the ballot box. Both Initiative Measures 437 and 438, to legalize and regulate medical cannabis, had a wide margin of support statewide. The measures came from the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign. This was the campaign’s third attempt to reach the ballot.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith |on Fri
Published by news@presspubli... on Fri, 11/01/2024 - 4:00pm Press Sports [email protected] In just two seasons, Nate James has done some great things at Start High School. The Northwood alum just saw his Spartans win the City League title last week after defeating Lima Senior, 48-20, at home, avenging a loss to Senior in the finale last year that gave them the league title in 2023. It was a fitting end to a regular season that saw Start go 7-3 and 6-0 in the conference.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith |on Fri
Published by news@presspubli... on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 4:00pm Press Sports [email protected] The road to a state championship lasts six weeks. It helps to begin the postseason with two home games before the rest of the games are played at neutral sites. As it currently stands, three area football teams — Gibsonburg, Oak Harbor and Eastwood — are in line to host two playoff games (provided each of them wins the first one).
