Molly Ashford is a Public Safety Reporter at Omaha World-Herald. She focuses on courts and justice, covering themes such as law and legal affairs, litigation, and law enforcement agencies, while also delving into government and politics. Molly's work has been featured in numerous publications, including NPR, The Grand Island Independent, and The Columbus Telegram.
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Denise Powell pulled ahead Tuesday night in a close race with John Cavanaugh in Tuesday's 2nd Congressional District primary in
By: Molly Ashford
John Cavanaugh has officially conceded to Denise Powell in the contentious race for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.
By: Molly Ashford
John Cavanaugh has officially conceded to Denise Powell in the contentious race for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. Though the Associated Press called the race for Powell on Wednesday evening, Cavanaugh waited to concede until the Douglas County Election Commission released vote totals from thousands of mail-in ballots that were turned in on election […]
By: Molly Ashford
NetChoice, an association of social media companies including TikTok and Meta, has sued Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers over a social media age verification law set to go into effect in July.
By: Molly Ashford
A petition effort to restrict school sports participation in Nebraska to biological sex has received the entirety of its funding, totaling more than $3 million, from a dark money nonprofit.
By: Molly Ashford
Brinker Harding addresses a crowd at a Republican watch party for the 2026 primary elections. Harding ran unopposed in the primary. (Macy Byars/Nebraska Public Media News)
By: Molly Ashford
There's a new top watchdog in Nebraska's unique Office of the Inspector General of Corrections.
By: Molly Ashford
About half a dozen line cooks in yellow shirts stand over a hot grill at an event in Lincoln. A winding line of customers in front of them is waiting for one item: the Cuban sandwich from Ybor.
By: Molly Ashford
OMAHA — Brinker Harding, the Republican nominee in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, missed the deadline to file both of his required personal financial disclosures to run for Congress – one of which was due last August.
By: Molly Ashford
The director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence – a joint initiative of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine – alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he faced discrimination and retaliation from leadership before he was terminated from his clinical role.
