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Report calls for replacing Omaha VA Hospital with new building

Omaha would get a new veterans hospital and Fremont and Council Bluffs would get new veterans clinics under proposals outlined in a Veterans Administration report.

'Worth fighting for': Finding owner of stuffed bunny becomes a quest for Omaha woman

"The world stinks right now," said Erin Sorensen. "It can be overwhelming some days, especially when there is a war ... When you find a little piece of good, it’s worth fighting for.”

Fortenberry's attorney lays out his defense in campaign cash case

For the first time Thursday, the public — and more importantly, jurors — heard an overview of U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s defense in his court case.

Nebraska Supreme Court rejects challenge to law that lets investors take property over unpaid taxes

The decision brings an end to a yearslong fight by a Nebraska man to keep his home of 27 years. Kevin Fair, a Scottsbluff resident, will lose his modest house as a result of the decision.

More money sought to bolster Nebraska's health care workforce

Nebraska's hospital and medical associations want state senators to devote a share of federal pandemic funding to bolstering the health care workforce.

Ricketts assails 'soft-on-crime' parole and sentencing reforms

Gov. Pete Ricketts took aim at reforms recommended by a Crime and Justice Institute study and supported by Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, chairman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.

Watch now: Sasse at Judge Jackson hearing: 'A justice is not a lawmaker'

Sen. Ben Sasse says U.S. Supreme Court justices have "more power than the framers (of the Constitution) anticipated" in opening remarks.

Consultant recalls 'red flags' surrounding 2016 Fortenberry fundraiser

A Los Angeles doctor who funneled money from a Nigerian billionaire to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry recalled receiving a brown bag with $30,000 — and accidentally leaving it in his car when he went to lunch.

Nebraska plan paid pension benefits seven years after woman's death

A new state audit found that the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System continued paying pension benefits to 11 retirees for months after their deaths.

Sen. Steve Lathrop urges Legislature to act now on prison overcrowding

Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, chairman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, argues for the need for parole and sentencing reforms.

Planned Parenthood group covering Nebraska and Iowa gets $20 million gift

Planned Parenthood North Central States, which includes Nebraska and Iowa, has received $20 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Group of teens, 13 and 14, accused of going on car-stealing spree from Lincoln to Chicago

A mother told police the boys said they'd stolen a Kia in Lincoln, drove to Coralville, Iowa, and ditched it. Then they stole a second car, ditched it and stole a third car at another Iowa town. They drove to Chicago and "decided to give up."

Gowdy: Fortenberry was instructed not to return funds because it would harm investigation

Trey Gowdy testified Wednesday that Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack Jenkins, the lead prosecutor in the case, told him that Fortenberry shouldn’t return it to the donors, in part because it could tip off the donors that they were under federal investigation.