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Nebraska Justices Reject Challenge to Lethal Injection Protocols
The Nebraska Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the state’s controversial protocol for lethal injection executions Friday, finding the plaintiffs lack standing to sue.
Read moreMedicaid Expansion
Two Nebraskans sued the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for delaying until October 2020 a voter-mandated expansion of Medicaid that they say will deprive them of healthcare for a year and cost the state more than $150 million in federal funding.
Read moreCourt Approves New Keystone XL Pipeline Route
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday approved an alternative route for the Keystone XL pipeline project, which has been languishing in state courts for nearly a decade.
Read moreDefamation
The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a defamation suit against the Nebraska Cancer Coalition, which conducted an education campaign about the cancer risks of using tanning beds.
Read moreUnderground Railroad Site Claims City Responsible for Flooding It
Nebraska’s only Underground Railroad site recognized by the National Park Service filed a lawsuit Wednesday that blames Nebraska City for extensive water and sewer damage caused to the historic property.
Read moreMolestation
A former patient claims the Nebraska Medical Center knew that an orthopedic surgeon sexually assaulted women, including her, while they were under anesthesia, but did nothing to stop it.
Read moreFloods Expose Climate Change as Threat to National Security
The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others, who scrambles to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft
Read moreSubpoenaing the Church
A Nebraska judge on Friday gave Catholic institutions in the state until at least March 12 to comply with 400 subpoenas issued by the state attorney general Tuesday, agreeing it would have been impossible to produce the records requested by the AG’s March 1 deadline.
Read moreFraternity Sex Assault
Jane Doe claims in court that she was sexually assaulted at a party for the Nebraska Lambda Pi Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at the nonparty University of Nebraska while incapacitated by alcohol.
Read moreSheriff Lobbies En Banc Court for Immunity on Firing
A Nebraska sheriff accused of retaliating against a deputy running for his office pushed the en banc Eighth Circuit on Tuesday to grant him immunity.
Read moreMedicaid Expansion
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared a citizens’ initiative to put Medicaid expansion on the November ballot, despite a legal challenge from Republican legislators.
Read moreNebraska Executes First Inmate in 21 Years Using New Drug Cocktail
When the heart of convicted double-murderer Carey Dean Moore stopped at 10:47 a.m. on this rainy Tuesday morning, the prolonged effort by Nebraska officials to execute a prisoner via lethal injection came to fruition.
Read moreDrugmaker Loses Bid to Block Nebraska Execution
Deferring to “the will of the people,” a federal judge on Friday denied a request by a pharmaceutical company to stop a planned execution of a Nebraska inmate by lethal injection of drugs made by the company.
Read moreDrugmaker Sues to Block Nebraska From Using Execution Drug
A pharmaceutical company sued Nebraska late Tuesday to block a scheduled execution by lethal injection using a drug the company says was obtained illegally.
Read moreSacked Secretary Sues Nebraska, Claiming Age Bias
At 65, Kathleen Graham was the longest serving administrative and executive assistant in the history of the Nebraska governor’s office when her last boss said her position was being eliminated because of budget cuts. However, Graham says in a lawsuit filed late Friday the budgetary excuse offered by Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts is both flimsy and in violation of employment law.
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Colorado and Nebraska Settle Old Water Dispute
Colorado will pay Nebraska $4 million to settle claims involving overuse of water from the Republican River Basin, in exchange for Nebraska’s promise not to sue Colorado for any violations of the Republican River Compact that occurred before 2014.
Read morePiping Plovers Say ‘No Thanks’ to Man-Made Sandbars
For threatened piping plovers, engineered sandbars do not offer the same benefits as natural ones, a new study finds.
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