Month: January 2025

by Cindy Gonzalez Jane Bailey, right, is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Monday by a legal team representing tenants and former tenants of Omaha Housing Authority high-rise and apartment buildings that are alleged to have bedbug infestations. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner) OMAHA — Advocates are hoping that back-to-back punches — a class action lawsuit filed

by Debra Chandler Landis According to the lawsuit, the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education told Chester Asher he’d been warned about being “disrespectful” while speaking at public before issuing a six-month ban(Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). An education advocate filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis Public School Board alleging it illegally banned him

by Staff Writer (Glenwood) — A Council Bluffs man faces a charge following his arrest in Mills County Friday. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 58-year-old Christopher Allen Vanderloo was arrested shortly before 8:45 a.m. for violation of probation. Authorities say the arrest occurred in the area of 5th Avenue. Vanderloo was taken to the

by By Chris Wade | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) — New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan is touting outgoing President Joe Biden’s signature on a bipartisan bill that seeks to improve health care access for military veterans and ease workforce shortages. The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act,

by Rudi Keller Heather Overstreet, owner of Top Dog Training in Boonville, explains the impact of a higher minimum wage on her small business. Her business includes a 10,000 square foot outdoor area to exercise dogs. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) BOONVILLE — In 2022, Heather Overstreet moved her growing dog grooming, training and boarding business into

by Rudi Keller State Rep. Dane Diehl, a Butler Republican, speaks during an April debate (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). State Rep. Dane Diehl says he wants rhinos to be in zoos, not the legislature. The second-term Republican from Butler prefiled a bill designating the rhinoceros as the official state zoo animal. The state is home

by Staff Writer CASS COUNTY – The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is wishing former Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren well in a post on the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page. “A sad, yet also exciting day around our office,” officials said in the post. “Please help us in wishing Sheriff Darby McLaren a much

by Greg LaRose A vehicle is driven over a protective gate Jan 4, 2025, on Toulouse Street near Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Mayor LaToya Cantrell has asked for the federal government to provide an expert who can evaluate the city’s remaining vulnerabilities after a Jan. 1 terrorist attack that killed 14 people and injured

by Cindy Gonzalez A vision of the Gretna good life district proposed by businessman Rod Yates. Boundaries would include and surround Nebraska Crossing mall centered at Interstate 80 and Highway 31. In the background are residential towers that could rise at the site along with a billion-dollar youth sports complex. (Courtesy of Nebraska Crossing) GRETNA,

by Annelise Hanshaw The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, as pictured September 26, 2023 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Quality Schools Coalition, a Missouri education advocacy organization that backs charter school expansion, ceased operations at the end of 2024. The nonprofit’s executive director, Dean Johnson, told The Independent that the closure was spurred after a top

by Anna Kaminski William Pope’s self-edited mugshot appears at the end of a Dec. 25, 2024, federal court filing in his case, which arose from his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building. (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) TOPEKA — A Topeka man who blocked officers in

by Aaron Sanderford Gov. Jim Pillen sits down with the Nebraska Examiner at the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a former University of Nebraska defensive back, knew about getting hit hard long before he played for Hall of Fame football coach Tom

by Staff Writer SCHEDULED TRAFFIC: Speeding: Lucas L. Rabine, 23, Reedsburg, Wis., Rodney J. Stoler, 63, Jesup, Broc M. Walker, 19, Marion, Dawn M. Timmerman, 45, Dundee, Jennifer L. Payton, 47, Vinton, Nathan M. Kuennen, 26, Cedar Rapids, Daniel E. Boyer Rodriguez, 18, Georgetown, Texas, Ryan J. Baumgard, 49, Norfolk, Neb., Alison J. Steggall, 18,

by Erika Bolstad A historical marker in Vancouver, Wash., celebrates the “civilization of Washington,” by white explorers, erasing the presence of Indigenous people who lived in the area for thousands of years. As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, many states are reexamining markers with questionable historical facts or outdated language. (Photo by