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The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states — including Utah — have reached a $63 million settlement with Family Dollar stores over allegations that the company routinely overcharged customers at the register more than its shelf and tag prices. “When money is tight, every dollar matters,” Utah Attorney General Derek…
OMAHA — Beneath a backdrop of fireworks and blue smoke, Creighton University on Thursday opened a $24 million amphitheater and gathering space expected to bring new energy to the campus and Omaha’s urban core. Dubbed “the Quad,” the roughly 250,000-square-foot quadrangular grassy area features a fountain plaza and…
The U.S. Postal Service faces renewed calls to drop restrictions ordered by President Donald Trump on mail ballots, setting up a major clash between states and the federal government ahead of the 2028 election. Postal worker unions, civic groups and Democratic secretaries of state are demanding the Postal Service…
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Thursday seemed weary of the Trump administration’s arguments that it should be allowed to proceed with its second attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. During the hearing, Judge Christopher Reid Cooper pressed Department of…
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Capitol’s longtime unofficial feline mascot will soon have a statue outside the building after a governing commission approved the idea Thursday. The Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission, which oversees development, sculptures and public art in the cardinal directions of the Capitol, voted…
WASHINGTON — The possibility of a government shutdown next month increased somewhat Thursday as a group of U.S. senators said the stopgap spending bill must cut off funding for the Iran war. Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, as well as Vermont…
WASHINGTON — With a sweeping majority secured in the U.S. House next Congress, newly elected Democrats arrived in the nation’s capital this week vowing to act on their agenda of affordability and accountability. The dozens of Democrats who flipped the House majority are in Washington, D.C., for several days as part of…
Many, too many, Nebraska households and small businesses, including farmers and ranchers, are struggling with affordability. Conservatively, one in two Nebraska households, or over 1 million Nebraskans, are economically insecure, meaning every month they are struggling to meet just their basic needs like housing, food…