Margery A. Beck

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  • SNAP EBTPolitics

    Supreme Court expected to rule on Trump’s effort to block SNAP benefits

    By The Associated Press, Geoff Mulvihill, and others
  • Mark SanchezLaw

    69-year-old trucker who stabbed Mark Sanchez sues the former QB and Fox: ‘We are literally talking about people fighting over a parking space’

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A car enters the drive at Day Kimball Hospital, July 18, 2022 in Putnam, Conn. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh, File)Health

    Rural hospitals brace for $1 trillion Medicaid cut in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’: ‘If we do see a cut of that, it’ll be difficult to keep the doors open’

    By Margery A. Beck, Susan Haigh, and others
  • Police arrest dozens of protesters during an anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) protestFinance

    Omaha food plant owner who lost half his workforce in ICE raids says he followed rules for hiring immigrants

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • Richard Eiker speaks in support of a strike by fast food workers advocating for a $15 an hour minimum wage outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., May 19, 2021. (Aditi Ramaswami/Missouri Workers Center via AP)Politics

    A 40-year veteran of McDonald’s who worked through a painful kidney stone reacts to lawmakers trying to repeal paid sick leave

    By David A. Lieb, Margery A. Beck, and others
  • Kelvin Hernandez during the first round of the Puerto Rico Open 2025 at Grand Reserve Golf Club on March 06, 2025 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.Lifestyle

    A golf course manager says his business could lose $500,000 a year if daylight saving time goes away

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • Nebraska Gov. Jim PillenPolitics

    Nebraska’s governor is pushing to ban lab-grown meat—but ranchers and farm groups are pushing back

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen holds a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)Politics

    People with felony records can now vote in Nebraska—and that could make a big difference in November

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • Onlookers take in the catastrophic damage to the Rapidan Dam site in Rapidan, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Debris blocked the dam forcing the heavily backed up waters of the Blue Earth River to reroute along the bank nearest the Dam Store. (Casey Ek/The Free Press via AP)Environment

    Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail add insult to injury in the Midwest: ‘Nature doesn’t care whether you believe in climate change or not’

    By Hannah Fingerhut, Dave Collins, and others
  • Flooding from the Big Sioux River damage buildings in North Sioux City, S.D., on Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Josh Jurgens)Environment

    Midwest flooding kills 2 as surging river forces evacuations and rescues: ‘7,000 square feet of very pretty, pretty things. And it’s all gone’

    By Margery A. Beck, Hannah Fingerhut, and others
  • Campus protestsPolitics

    Hundreds of college students arrested nationwide as Gaza protests escalate into social justice crisis

    By Christopher Weber, Carolyn Thompson, and others
  • Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen speaks during a statue dedication ceremony for US writer and novelist Willa Cather, in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Nebraska governor again rejects giving kids from low-income families $40 per month for food: ‘I don’t believe in welfare’

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • North America, USA, South Dakota, Badlands National Park Roadway at Bigfoot Pass. (Photo by: Bernard Friel/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Politics

    South Dakota denied a ‘REZWEED’ vanity license plate, calling it bad taste. The state just admitted that was unconstitutional

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Paul Schulte, a sponsor of the Support Our Schools Nebraska petition drive, delivers a box of signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State, Aug. 30, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska’s top election official confirmed Tuesday, Oct. 10, that state voters will decide next year whether public money can go to private school tuition. (Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)Success

    Nebraskans will vote to decide whether public money can go to private school tuition

    By Margery A. Beck and The Associated Press
  • Crime and justice concepts - handcuffs, badge, bullets, and caution tapePolitics

    Police raid on local newspaper’s office and publisher’s home sparks outrage: ‘This is the type of stuff that Vladimir Putin does’

    By John Hanna, Margery A. Beck, and others