All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2012 // A federal appeals panel on has upheld a $407,000 jury award to a Michigan man who suffered severe injuries in a crash he says was caused by a Nebraska county’s failure to adequately mark a sharp turn in a road.Last...
Jun 26 2012 // A Fremont, Neb., man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for a wire fraud conviction that cost banks and insurance companies in Nebraska and Iowa millions of dollars.Thomas Herink was sentenced in...
Jun 21 2012 // One of three former Grand Island, Neb.-based insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty.The Grand Island Independent reported that Kenneth Mottin, of St. Libory,...
Jun 5 2012 // Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but this is no day at the beach.Hanson once grew corn and soybeans in the sandy wasteland in western Iowa, and his...
May 29 2012 // U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is warning that an important deadline is nearing for residents in seven Nebraska counties who suffered damages in the last year’s devastating Missouri River flooding.The flood destroyed farm...
May 16 2012 // Nebraska taxpayers are paying far more than necessary into the state’s health insurance program because of high administrative costs, poor oversight and a failure to monitor and control spending, State Auditor Mike...
May 4 2012 // A lawsuit that said Lincoln-based TierOne Corp. misled investors has been settled for $3.1 million.The Lincoln Journal Star reported the lawsuit filed in May 2010 said TierOne issued false or misleading financial...
Apr 20 2012 // A 67-year-old Lincoln man was arrested and accused of violating a judge’s order about selling insurance to former customers.Larry Hall faced Judge Paul Merritt in court on April 16, according to the Lincoln Journal...
Apr 18 2012 // Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a bill that will let the dependents of workers killed on the job collect a larger payout for burial expenses. LB 378 by Grand Island Sen. Mike Gloor will increase the workers’...
Apr 16 2012 // Tornadoes raking communities across the Midwest and Plains left five people dead and at least 29 injured in Oklahoma, damaging a hospital, homes and other buildings as a vast severe weather front plunged eastward on April...
Apr 6 2012 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit to block the state’s planned switch to a new health insurance company, alleging improper lobbying on United Healthcare’s behalf.The Lincoln Journal...
Mar 29 2012 // The leaders of at least four states plan a visit to the only place where a beef product known as “pink slime” is still made, an effort aimed to support its embattled manufacturer, a company spokesman said...
Mar 14 2012 // The Indiana and Nebraska legislatures recently passed much needed legislation that could help protect homeowners from contractor fraud and abuse, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Mar 9 2012 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha, Neb.-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, has hired Patti Hiemer as the company’s accounting clerk and made a number of staff changes.James...
Feb 28 2012 // Nebraska needs to create a temporary housing fund to help people who lose their homes to flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters, a state lawmaker said on Feb. 23.Sen. Lydia Brasch, of Bancroft, said the state was...
Feb 20 2012 // “Livestock have minds of their own.”– Nebraska Sen. Ken Schilz of Ogallala, author of a bill that would require drivers who hit livestock on Nebraska roads to have a higher burden of proof in showing that...
Feb 14 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The repairs being made around Omaha are part of the work being done along the Missouri River to prepare...
Feb 9 2012 // Motorists who strike livestock on Nebraska roads could have a tougher time winning negligence lawsuits against farmers and ranchers, under a bill set for a legislative hearing. A proposal by Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz would...
Jan 26 2012 // The Iroquois Group has expanded its presence in the Midwest to include Iowa and Nebraska. The insurance agency network has added seven agencies in those states and is expecting rapid growth in membership.The group now has...
Jan 23 2012 // The minimum amount of coverage for certain types of liability insurance would increase for Nebraska motorists, under a bill introduced in the state Legislature. State Sen. Paul Schumacher said the financial responsibility...