Omaha World Herald – February 1, 2020 Nebraska officials have taken action before to help protect financially vulnerable senior citizens, and this year lawmakers are considering a new, worthwhile proposal. Legislative Bill 853 would allow Nebraska financial...
Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crippled if federal policymakers move ahead with draft regulations. Licenses for hemp...
Omaha World-Herald Editorial Staff January 19, 2020 Nebraska lawmakers are unlikely to provide produce sweeping changes in prison policy during the current 60-day “short session,” Legislature watchers say. Perhaps so, but state senators can still provide something...
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau Jan 12, 2020 LINCOLN — Five years ago, state lawmakers passed a series of sentencing reforms designed to reduce Nebraska’s chronic prison overcrowding. The reforms, signed into law by Gov. Pete Ricketts, were hailed as a way...
Joe Dejka / World-Herald staff writer Jan 12, 2020 When a Nebraska teacher or coach sexually molests a high school student, the perpetrator doesn’t always get jail time. If the student is 16, the age of consent, prosecutors have few options. An Omaha state...
By Paul Hammel and Martha Stoddard / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN — The mystery of the unidentified flying drones deepened Monday as new sightings moved eastward into central Nebraska and puzzled law enforcement officials gathered in northeast Colorado. Even callers to...
01/06/2020 LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts and Attorney General Doug Peterson were joined by State Senators, members of the Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force (NHTTF), and non-profit organizations to recognize January 11th as National Human Trafficking...
NICK McCONNELL Lincoln Journal Star – Jan 4, 2020 Gary Lacey was always a man with a vision. During his 20-year career as Lancaster County Attorney, Lacey focused on making a difference within the system. Motivated by the suffering he saw, he helped to create...
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau 1.5.20 LINCOLN — Lack of progress in reducing overcrowding in Nebraska’s prisons is spawning a proposal to plan for a new 300-bed work-release facility in Omaha. State Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, a leading legislator on...
By Martha Stoddard / World-Herald Bureau | Dec 30, 2019 Updated Dec 30, 2019 LINCOLN — Eighteen-year-olds who smoke or vape in Nebraska have until midnight New Year’s Eve to stock up on supplies. Starting Wednesday, a new state law will push the legal age for buying...
