Omaha, Nebraska

Case: Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart 427 U.S. 539 Decision: 9-0, delivered by Chief Justice Burger Facts: Erwin Charles Simants was a suspect of sexual assault and the murdering six members of the Kellie family in their home in Sutherland, Nebraska. Simants had confessed to law enforcement officers and had disclosed information to other private parties. This murder attracted attention to the town from local and nation news broadcasters. Simants’ attorney and the county attorney met before…

The Pender Vs Parker case was first brought to light when there was an opportunity for the Omaha Nation to legally tax the all liquor sales throughout the Omaha Tribal Reservation. In 2006, the Omaha Nation Tribal Council elected to tax and regulate liquor sales on the reservation to help stimulate economic development. The tribe’s liquor regulations require licenses for the businesses that sell alcohol and a 10 percent tax on alcohol purchases. A group of retailers sued in federal court in 2007…

Nebraska is an extremely diverse state full of interesting and important events that happened in the past eighty three years. The Sons of Italy is an national organization created to celebrate and continue the traditions and foster the heritage that the Italian immigrants would be bringing over to the United States, specifically to the state of Nebraska. They constructed a small community just south of downtown Omaha for the new Italian immigrants to settle; the neighborhood was created right…

The Omaha Tribe is a Native American tribe who live on the Omaha Reservation in the northeastern part of Nebraska and the western part of Iowa. The Omaha Reservation is in southern Thurston County and northeastern Cuming County, Nebraska. Everybody in a family had a role to play. The men or fathers, were hunters and went to war. Women or moms, were farmers and helped build and deliver teepees to others. Men became Omaha chiefs and women could not, but men and women participated in storytelling,…

Evidently, trafficking in Nebraska is more prominent than many are aware. Efforts have evolved in recent years due to the United State’s increasing emphasis on combating the practice of trafficking. Through an analyzation of recent legislating changing the scope of trafficking and the way victims are treated, one can see how rapidly the state is attempting to change the stigmas surrounding trafficking. The Nebraska Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking further aids in raising statewide…

Ross Miller, Assoc. AIA, is a designer with HDR Architecture, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined the design studio in 2010 and has been involved in designing a wide range of building types and significant projects which have garnered several design and industry awards. In 2014, Ross was selected as a recipient of the Midlands Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award, an award that honors 40 Greater Omaha, Council Bluffs and Sarpy County entrepreneurs, executives and professional men and women…

Solution Include More STEM Courses Omaha Public Schools should begin integrating more STEM courses into the curriculum. Currently, the Omaha Public School district meets the expectations set by the Nebraska Department of Education, but this isn’t enough. By placing heavier standards and requirements on math, natural sciences, computer sciences, and technology courses, students at Omaha Public Schools will have a higher level of understanding for the material. In general, people enjoy topics…

based on a thirty minute interview done in class. Marlin Jones was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. I was born in The Virgin Islands on the island of Saint Croix. Two very different cultures will be compared and contrasted. Exploration of the Cultural Background of another Student in Class Marlin Jones was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 15th 1971. Omaha is the largest city in Nebraska with a population of over 434,000 people. He identifies as an African American and…

my classmate Makayla Westgard interested was the Nebraska State Patrol. For the main reason that Makayla is willing to work this job “is to be studying racial profiling in traffic stops by partnering with University of Nebraska in Omaha” that is really so interesting because the job average salary pay is about $ 34,000 a year plus $13, 600 in benefits (McClatchy, 2009). And along with a life insurance policy with no cost. According to the Nebraska Watchdog.org on web newspapers, March 13, 2015…

which I got out of the headline, and the only information the headline did not cover was the event information. The headline count was 4 line 13 count. I rewrote the headline to say, “Anticipated First Man campaigns in Nebraska today.” When searching the key words Bill Clinton on The Omaha World Herald’s online website, the first link sent me to the same story as found in print. The headline read, “Bill Clinton to make stops Friday at Omaha’s The Waiting Room and in Lincoln.” The article was…