Gov. Jim Pillen, the Douglas County Attorney and law enforcement say the bill will protect the community and the youth offender. Those who oppose the bill say the state has its priorities wrong.

A proposed law would give prosecutors and judges new authority to put Nebraskans as young as 11 in detention facilities and let them charge certain 12-year-olds as adults, the Nebraska Examiner ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Jan. 22 said California will not be bullied by the Trump administration, after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a three-page memorandum calling for ...