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Ricketts Applauds Passage of Water Resources Bill with Major Conservative & Nebraska Wins
Aug 2, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the f...
Work will begin on N-11, Cairo North project
Aug 1, 2024 / NDOT
Weather permitting, work will begin Aug. 6 on N-11 at reference post 27+48, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. JMN Constructio...
Mormon Island SRA Lake 1 temporarily closed
Aug 1, 2024 / Shawna Richter-Ryerson Public Information Officer
Lake 1 and its beach at Mormon Island State Recreation Area, south of Grand Island, are temporarily closed after a semi-truck accident resulted wit...
New Collaboration, More Cancer Care Options for Region
Aug 1, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY-NE—CHI Health Good Samaritan and Nebraska Cancer Specialists (NCS) announce a new collaboration that will provide additional cancer t...
July's Mid-America Manufacturing Index Edges Lower Wholesale Inflationary Pressures Cool Again
Aug 1, 2024 / Creighton University
OMAHA, Neb. (August 1, 2024) — For only the fourth time in 2024, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading ec...
Tabitha Offers Support Groups and August Health Tip
Aug 1, 2024 / Tabitha
Tabitha Offers a Variety of Support Groups in August Tabitha, Nebraska’s industry-leading Senior Care provider, offers a variety of support ...
Halftime Report: Special Session Hearings
Aug 1, 2024 / Open Sky
Special session hearings are halfway completed, with additional hearings scheduled today, tomorrow and Saturday in a variety of committees. The Ope...
Preston Live Responds to Rickett's Refusal to Debate
Aug 1, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE - Preston Love has issued the following statement after Pete Ricketts publicly declined a joint debate invitation from Nebraska Public Me...
Lt. Governor Kelly & Delegation Tout Opportunities from Trade Mission
Aug 1, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly is touting the many opportunities that he and trade mission delegates had to promote Nebraska pro...
GI Man Arrested for Sex Crimes
Aug 1, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 08/01/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Hastings Water Park: 13 Year Old From Japan Hospitalized
Jul 31, 2024 / City Of Hastings Release
(Hastings, NE) - The Hastings Police Department and Hastings Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the Hastings Water Park at approximately 1:50 p.m...
Hall County Sheriff's Department Reports Grant Results
Jul 31, 2024 / Hall County
NDOT Highway Safety Office awarded the Hall County Sheriff's Office with funding to carry out a Selective Overtime Enforcement for the Speeding Pre...
Nebraska Corn Congratulates Reiners on Election to the U.S. Grains Council Board
Jul 31, 2024 / Jill Parrent Director of Communications Nebraska Corn Board
Lincoln, Neb. – This week, farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the country attended the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Board of Delegate...
Gov. Pillen Appoints Hoeft as District Court Judge in the 10th Judicial District
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Gov. Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Timothy E. Hoeft as district court judge in the 10th Judicial District. Tha...
Conference Fosters Entrepreneurship Among Latinos
Jul 31, 2024 / UNL
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 31, 2024 — The third annual Latino Small Business Conference is coming to Grand Island, Omaha, Lincoln and Gering in ...
A Third Day of Special Session Hearings
Jul 31, 2024 / Open Sky
The OpenSky team weighed in on some marathon hearings yesterday at the Capitol, discussing responsible tax policy, transparent and prudent budgetin...
Gov. Pillen Testifies Before Revenue Committee on Nebraska Plan for Property Tax Reform
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Legislature’s Revenue Committee on LB1, the property tax reduction bill...
GI Police Report
Jul 31, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 07/31/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Love Challenges Rocketts to Debate
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE - At a press conference today at his North Omaha office, Preston Love challenged his opponent Pete Ricketts to accept a public debate inv...
Senator Dover Named Inaugural Recipient of AARP Nebraska’s Community Fraud Fighter Award
Jul 30, 2024 / Jess Kinser, Associate State Director – Communications AARP Nebraska
LINCOLN, NEB. —AARP Nebraska is pleased to announce Senator Robert Dover of Norfolk (District 19) as the inaugural recipient of its Community...
Substantial Legislative Bill Having Public Hearings Today
Jul 30, 2024 / Open Sky
It is a busy lineup of hearings in the Legislature’s Revenue and Appropriations committees, including LB 1, which contains most of the compon...
Platte Institute Provides Testimony on LB 1, Aimed to Lower Property Taxes
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE — Today, the Platte Institute is providing testimony on LB 1, Governor Pillen’s bill aimed to lower property taxes during the...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 30, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 29, 2024 - For the week ending July 28, 2024, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National ...
Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease
Jul 30, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Dave Aiken, UNL ag economists
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...
Good Samaritan cancer rehab program starts Aug. 19
Jul 30, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY–CHI Health Good Samaritan’s free cancer rehabilitation program helps survivors regain their physical, emotional, and spiritual ...