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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Tuesday February 04, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Bird Defends President Trump's Executive Order Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 3 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Defends President Trump's Executive Order Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she is leading 18 states in defending President Trump's executive order that restores the meaning and value of American citizenship. On day one in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end   more

Iowa U.S. Attorney: Spencer, Iowa Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Gun Convictions
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Oscar Navarro-Zepeda, 43, from Spencer, Iowa, was sentenced on January 31, 2025, to 204 months' imprisonment. Navarro-Zepeda was convicted by a jury on August 22, 2024, after a 3 1/2 day trial in federal court in Sioux City. Navarro-Zepeda was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of f  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers: Minatare Woman Sentenced to Probation and Restitution for Medicaid Fraud
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 4 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that a Minatare woman who owns Campbell Pharmacy in Oshkosh, Nebraska, was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $76,963.90 in restitution to Nebraska Medicaid after pleading guilty to one count of filing false Medicaid claims. Joan Kicken, 65, was charged with one count of Fraudulently Obtaining a Payment on Behal  more

Okla. Gov. Stitt Delivers 2025 State of State Address
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2025: Governor Kevin Stitt delivered his State of the State address to Oklahoma's 60th Legislature, outlining his agenda for the 2025 legislative session. Governor Stitt's priorities include protecting Oklahoma taxpayers, making our state the best in the nation for business, safeguarding our savings, and defending the Oklahoma way of life. Read the speech in full below: Lieutenant Governor Ma  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Defends Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 4 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2025: Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined 17 other states in defending President Trump's executive order that restores the original meaning and value of American citizenship while ending birthright citizenship and the loophole for birth tourism and illegal aliens. In 2023, an estimated 225,000-250,000, or 7% of all births in the U.S. were to illegal aliens. The executive   more