Dec 5, 2019
It was an unusual Wednesday afternoon in Schuyler, work crews were working on an old building when they hit a gas line. Officials immediately knocked on businesses doors to evacuate around 3:30 p.m. “The whole area total was at least an 8 block area evacuation...
Oct 4, 2019
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau October 4, 2019 – A vexing law enforcement problem is finding a solution. As of Thursday, there are now two crime labs in the state that can discern between illegal marijuana and recently legalized hemp. Previously, none of...
Oct 3, 2019
By Emily Nitcher / World-Herald staff writer Sep 4, 2019 FBI Director Christopher Wray has named Kristi Koons Johnson as the new special agent in charge of its Omaha Field Office, which covers Nebraska and Iowa. She replaces Randall Thysse, who announced in May that...
Sep 2, 2019
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau September 2, 2019 Marijuana users have been getting a pass in some Nebraska counties as prosecutors declined to charge low-level possession cases because of an inability to prove what’s illegal marijuana as opposed to legal hemp....
Sep 2, 2019
Washington Digest: Ben Sasse to hold hearing in Lincoln on human trafficking By Joseph Morton / World-Herald Bureau | Sep 1, 2019 Updated Sep 1, 2019 The long August recess — or “district work period” as more image-conscious lawmakers prefer to call it — is an...
Aug 14, 2019
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau Aug 11, 2019 LINCOLN — Legalization of industrial hemp is causing headaches for prosecutors across the state, prompting some counties to suspend prosecution of possession of small amounts of its look-alike — and high-inducing —...
Aug 14, 2019
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN — Has the legalization of hemp in Nebraska inadvertently legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana? Gov. Pete Ricketts said “no” when asked that question on Monday, though he had little advice for county and city...
May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019 Sen. Justin Wayne, LB657 A bill on final reading that would authorize and regulate the growing, processing and handling of hemp and hemp products in Nebraska was amended May 22 after lawmakers voted to return it to select file.
May 17, 2019
May 16, 2019 Sen. Adam Morfeld, LB630 LB680 Lawmakers advanced two bills from general file May 16 that would prohibit the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images.
May 17, 2019
May 16, 2019 Sen. Julie Slama, LB519 LB517 LB516 LB458 LB479 A bill that would extend and eliminate certain statutes of limitation for labor and sex trafficking was amended and advanced from general file May 16.
