Nebraska governor: No plans for special session on winner-take-all electoral system
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pilen (R) said Tuesday he would not call lawmakers into a special session to consider changing the state's election system to a winner-take-all system after key Republican lawmakers refused to switch their votes. “My team and I have worked tirelessly to secure a filibuster-proof 33-vote majority to pass winner-take-all legislation before the […]
Nebraska GOP senator opposes Trump-backed Electoral College change
Republican efforts to secure all of Nebraska's electoral votes for former President Trump could be in jeopardy after state lawmakers refused to voice their support for proposed reforms to the state's election system. Allocating electoral votes. Nebraska Senator Mike McDonnell, former Democrat From Omaha He switched to the Republican Party this year and issued a […]
Effort to Make Nebraska Winner-Take-All Electoral Vote State Rekindles
There's been a renewed effort to make Nebraska a winner-take-all electoral vote state, but the same obstacles that thwarted the same effort earlier this year have resurfaced. of The Washington Post Reported A similar effort failed on a procedural motion in the state Legislature earlier this year, but it was announced Friday that the effort […]
Graham says he's hopeful Nebraska will flip to winner-take-all electoral system
Sen. Lindsey Graham of Lausanne said he supports Nebraska's effort to change the way the state allocates its electoral votes to a winner-take-all system, a move that would favor former President Trump in November. “I want to see winner-take-all,” Graham said. CBS News On Thursday, it reported that “Trump will win the state by 20 […]
Nebraska Supreme Court sets up abortion showdown on Election Day with competing ballot measures
The Nebraska Supreme Court has approved sending two competing ballot measures to voters, setting up a major showdown over abortion policy on Election Day. One ballot measure introduced by pro-life advocates would create a fundamental right to abortion “up to the time the fetus is viable.” Another measure introduced by anti-abortion advocates would enshrine the […]
Nebraska man, 27, gets up to 120 years in prison for enrolling in high school, sex crimes of girls as young as 13
A 27-year-old Nebraska man has been sentenced to up to 120 years in prison for fraudulently enrolling in high school and committing sex crimes against a 13-year-old girl. Judge Darla Ideus sentenced Zachary Shaich to 85 to 120 years in prison on Wednesday. Shaich was arrested in July. Pleaded Scheihi was acquitted of five felony […]
Nebraska Man Who Posed as High Schooler to Sexually Abuse Minors Gets Sentenced to Life
A Nebraska man who posed as a high school student and sexually abused a teenage girl for two months was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, KOLN reported. Reported. Zachary Shaich, 27, stand According to Nebraska station KLKN, the boy, who is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs just 120 pounds, posed as […]
Nebraska man who posed as high schooler and committed sex crimes is described as ‘predator of the worst kind’
A man who posed as students at two Lincoln, Nebraska, high schools to commit sex crimes was sentenced to 85 to 120 years in prison by prosecutors who called him “a predator of the worst kind.” Zachary Scheihi, 27, who posed as a 17-year-old student named Zach Hess, will not be eligible for parole for […]
Nebraska ‘pint-sized’ predator, Zachary Scheich senteced to prison for sex crimes
A small, 27-year-old weirdo who posed as a teenager and sexually assaulted high school students sat expressionless in a Nebraska courtroom as he learned he would spend the rest of his life in prison for his sex crimes. For 54 days in 2023, Zachary Shaich “blended in with the other students” and attended classes at […]
15-Year-Old Shot In Stomach At Nebraska High School, Suspect Arrested Following Manhunt
The crime scene is surrounded by police tape (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril ElfiTuesday, September 10, 2024 11:55 AM A Nebraska high school was placed on lockdown after a suspect shot a student in the stomach and fled the scene. advertisement A gunman shot a 15-year-old boy in the abdomen at Northwest […]