Government and politics
Soaring egg prices prompt demands for price-gouging probe
With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging
Bill would cap monthly insulin costs in Nebraska to $100
A bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would take a page from some other states and the federal government to cap the monthly cost of insulin in the state
Regulators back streamlined system to challenge rail rates
Shippers are praising the proposed changes that federal regulators have approved to the system used to dispute the rates railroads charge
Union Pacific railroad puts its shipping limits on hold
Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing last week
Nebraska Gov. Ricketts seeks appointment to US Senate seat
Nebraska's outgoing governor has announced his intention to seek appointment to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse, who is leaving Congress to become president of the University of Florida
Investors press railroads to add sick time for workers
The major freight railroads now face pressure from investors to add sick days after Congress declined to require them as part of the contracts they imposed last week to avert a potentially devastating nationwide rail strike
Rail workers say deal won't resolve quality-of-life concerns
Most railroad workers weren't surprised that Congress intervened this week to block a railroad strike, but they were disappointed because they say the deals lawmakers imposed didn't do enough to address their quality of life concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time
Railroad unions decry Biden's plan to block possible strike
President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute undercuts efforts to address workers’ quality of life concerns and unions decried the move
Researchers seek lost Native American boarding school graves
The bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska
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