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Get ready, online shoppers. A new ruling opens the door for Nebraska to collect sales taxes from you

In a ruling that could benefit Nebraska and Iowa tax coffers, the U.S. Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax.

 

'We’re in rainy-day mode': Repair firms get flood of calls as basements fill up with water

"It happens every year,'' Jim Vocelka, vice president and co-owner of Jerry's Waterproofing, said about rain and basement flooding. "June is the wettest month of the year.''

 

Nebraska Supreme Court rejects motion by death row inmate Carey Dean Moore to dismiss his lawyer

Late Wednesday, the court overruled Moore's motion to dismiss his appointed attorney from the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy.

 

How many mountain lions are in Nebraska? Are they really lions? Can they be hunted? We've got answers

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission voted Friday to approve just the second regulated season on mountain lions since the big cats started making their return to the state nearly 30 years ago. It’s been a few years since mountain…

 

No injuries, no arrests reported in house fire on North 17th Street

Crews were dispatched to the house at 4544 N. 17th St. around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, officials said.

 

Forecasters call for a 50 percent chance of more showers on the first day of summer

The weather service said Sunday will be dry and partly sunny with a high around 80.

 

14-year-olds arrested in Taco John's robbery

Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested by police in connection to a robbery at the Taco John's at 5445 L St. on May 28.

 

$69.7 million EPA loan will help fund Omaha's sewer overhaul

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a $69.7 million low-interest loan to the City of Omaha to help finance a major part of its massive sewer overhaul.

 

Kelly: Omaha woman retires with honors after 32-year national security career at Offutt

With her sterling and mostly anonymous career, Kerry Kelley shows that we rarely know much about the folks we randomly run into each day — they might even be vital to our national security.

 

Forecast: Damp day heralds summer's arrival in Omaha, but a dry spell is on the horizon

With some record-setting rain behind us, summer arrives Thursday, and a dry spell is around the corner.

 

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