By Joan von Kampen | Editor-in-chief
Lawyer Ross Pesek referenced the biblical story of David and Goliath to emphasize an imbalance of power between a widow raising 10 children, two with special needs, and one of the nation’s largest multiline insurance groups that has resources to “delay, deny, defend” for years.
Vaneza Ramos, husband Jose Gaytan and one of their children at a ribbon cutting ceremony for their second La Michoacana store along the South Omaha 24th Street corridor. (Courtesy of Pesek Law)
INSURANCE
By Cindy Gonzalez
Vaneza Ramos said she felt a sense of peace and vindication upon hearing a jury verdict that awarded her $11.3 million in a case against an insurance company that denied a claim after her husband died of COVID-19.
State Sen. Stan Clouse of Kearney. April 8, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
EDUCATION
By Erin Bamer
State Sen. Stan Clouse of Kearney said he is hoping to bring legislation next year that would officially bring Nebraska’s Head Start programs into state statute amid growing uncertainty about long-term federal support.
Clouse introduced Legislative Resolution 472 earlier this year to examine the state’s existing programs and lay the groundwork for future legislation. The resolution was discussed at a public hearing Wednesday before the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
EDUCATION
By Zach Wendling
The committee seeking UNL's next chancellor includes faculty, staff, students and leaders at NU, the three other NU chancellors for campuses in Omaha and Kearney and community members across Nebraska.
A clock stands in front of the former train depot in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)
D.C. BUREAU
By David Lightman
Most of the nation returns to standard time Sunday morning, and Congress could decide as early as next month whether it will be the last time people have to change their clocks.
Voters mark their ballots during the first day of early voting at the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Oct. 22, 2026. (Photo by Jack Dura/North Dakota Monitor)
ELECTION 2026
By Ariana Figueroa and Shauneen Miranda
Tens of millions of Americans have already made their way to the ballot box as early voting is underway in a midterm election that will determine control of the House and the Senate, possibly flipping one or both from Republicans to Democrats.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 34 million people have either gone to the polls to cast a ballot or have mailed in their vote, and the current tally is on track to surpass early voting in the 2022 midterm elections, said Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at University of Florida who runs the UF Election Lab that tracks early voting.
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