Ballot initiatives protecting marriage equality advancing in some states
More states are lining up in an attempt to enshrine state protections for same-sex marriage in their constitutions as some ...
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Nebraska Supreme Court to weigh part of handgun restrictions lawsuit against Lincoln
Local restrictions on handguns are at issue in a lawsuit headed to the Nebraska Supreme Court. (Courtesy of Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor) LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to ...
Nebraska lawmakers hear testimony for bill requiring OHA to address bed bugs
The battle of bed bugs at Omaha Housing Authority properties has made its way to the state legislature.
See where abortions are banned and legal – and where it's still in limbo
Proposed protective measures in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota did not pass. Nebraska voters instead approved cementing ...
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Homeless residents in Midwest cities are increasingly hard to track — and to help
Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ...
Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor, joining a long list of sports ...
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Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure
Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited approvingly in the Supreme Court’s decisions. By Adam Liptak ...
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she has faith court orders will be honored
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday that she has faith federal court orders will be honored in the United States amid a roiling debate over President Donald Trump’s commitment to ...
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Barrett’s recusal signals hope for rule of law at the Supreme Court
We can therefore hope that the Supreme Court will be the backstop to at least some of Trump’s most extreme measures. Yes, I know that the Supreme Court hasn’t exactly been tough on Trump.
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Nebraska Court of Appeals judge announces plan to retire at the end of June
Nebraska Court of Appeals Judge David Arterburn has announced his plan to retire from the bench at the end of June.
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Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks ...
With Trump's funding freeze paused, can he just not spend instead? That's the point. | Opinion
The Trump administration is once again pushing the boundaries of the law to get a case in front of the Supreme Court.