As Douglas County pushes for construction of a $120 million justice complex downtown, conflict and controversy have emerged over greater good and expediency versus accountability to stakeholders. The 10-story tower courthouse annex would house a combination of county adult and juvenile courtrooms, judges’ chambers, public defender and probation offices and […]
At this time the past couple of years, Creighton basketball fans were downright giddy when discussing the team’s outlook. Stars Marcus Foster, Kyrie Thomas, Justin Patton and Mo Watson had the faithful dreaming big. Challenging for the Big East title and advancing to the Final Four didn’t seem like such a pipe dream. […]
Season 3 of the Serial podcast is under way and it’s (once again) engrossing and addictive while it shines a much-needed light on issues that are frustrating and appalling. This time listeners will be enlightened at Serial‘s deep look inside the Cleveland judicial system that also will leave them disgusted at the racism, […]
Beyond all the rhetoric, platforms, door-knockers, non-stop TV ads and mailers, the cold, hard fact is elections are decided by voter turnout and the “middle.” That’s especially true here in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District (CD-2), comprised of Douglas County and the western two-thirds of Sarpy County. CD-2 had the 2nd closest Congressional race […]
With American civil discourse and liberties under assail, nonprofits are doing civic engagement around voting to get people’s voices heard. Heartland Workers Center runs a large Get Out the Vote (GOTV) machine. Center Executive Director Sergio Sosa senses great urgency from HWC’s Latino base for the Nov. 6 midterm general […]
What is a state auditor? Jane: A state auditor is basically what you’d expect from the full title: Auditor of Public Accounts. The auditor (and their staff) is charged with ferreting out financial waste, abuse, and fraud in state offices. Some of the more high-profile audits that have been in […]
I picked up a copy of the Sunday Omaha World-Herald at Baker’s last weekend to see what I’d been missing all these years. We quit getting the daily paper almost a decade ago but kept the Sunday edition coming because, well, just because. Then a few years ago during September […]
This is the 1st in what we expect to be an 8-part series covering some of the top issues in Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district — most of metropolitan Omaha. Look for new releases every Tuesday morning and afternoon. It’s a unique format. The former Republican Congressman (Lee Terry) interviews the […]
Maybe they should rename Lincoln Calling the “On Their Way Up Festival.” The annual festival, which runs Sept. 19 to 23 in the heart of downtown Lincoln, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, you’d think they’d try to do something bigger than ever, but this year’s festival […]
Aug. 1, 2018 — Well, no one shot me after last month’s Trump column, so that’s a good thing. This month is a mish-mash of random thoughts that aren’t likely to get me killed. Aren’t these fun times we live in? * * * First a bit of […]
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