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Nebraska Statewide Organizations Announce Broad Support for Positive Immigration Laws That Support Thriving Nebraska Communities, Families, & Workforce

Sep 18, 2024 / Sierra Salgado Pirigyi Communications Director Nebraska Appleseed

LINCOLN, NE – Diverse Nebraska organizations and perspectives across the state and across sectors found strong agreement on the positive immi...

Friday Night Kickoff, 400th Sellout Brings More Traffic to Gameday Travel

Sep 18, 2024 / NDOT

Sept. 20, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — With a rare Friday night kickoff and Nebraska football’s 400th consecutive sellout, the Nebraska ...

Ricketts Reminds Students about Upcoming U.S. Military Service Academy Nominations Deadline

Sep 18, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) is reminding students of the approaching United State Military Service Academy No...

North Platte Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Sep 18, 2024 / DOJ

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Austin Priest, age 35, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 17, 2024, in federal ...

NDCS takes proactive action to ensure jail time credit is applied appropriately

Sep 18, 2024 / NDOC

September 17, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Based on a recent court decision regarding jail time credit, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Ser...

Nebraska SMART Offers Free Tutoring for Rural K-12 Students

Sep 17, 2024 / Judi Yorges Director of Strategic Initiatives and Communications Nebraska State College System

LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska SMART (Success Made Accessible through Rural Tutoring) is expanding its mission to provide high-quality, free tutoring...

Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

Sep 16, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. September 16, 2024 - For the week ending September 15, 2024, there were7.0 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's Natio...

Attorney General Hilgers Leads 24 States in Opposing California’s Electric Truck Mandate

Sep 16, 2024 / AG

Lincoln, NE —Attorney General Mike Hilgers spearheaded a 24-State coalition in filing a comment that asks the Environmental Protection Agency...

Mid-Plains Labor Availability Reports Released

Sep 16, 2024 / Grace Johnson, CLSSEGB Marketing & Communications Specialist

Labor Availability and Hiring Needs Reports for North Platte, Ogallala, and McCook are now available at NEworks.nebraska.gov. The reports cover re...

August Traffic Fatality Toll

Sep 16, 2024 / NDOT

Sept. 16, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of August 2024, nineteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, a...

Inaugural associate pharmacy dean named for Kearney campus

Sep 16, 2024 / UNMC

Linda Sobeski, PharmD, will lead the UNMC College of Pharmacy program based at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Linda Sobeski, PharmD, has b...

Gov. Pillen Offers Statement on Status of Special Session for Winner Take All

Sep 15, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen offered the following statement regarding the status of consideration for a special session on resto...

Better Choice for Students

Sep 15, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

A good education is foundational for a child’s future. By setting the stage for success, quality K-12 education can be a difference maker in ...

NSP Warns of Social Media Scammers Posing as Government Officials

Sep 15, 2024 / NSP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 (LINCOLN, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is urging Nebraskans to exercise caution when communicating online. In t...

UNK associate history professor Nathan Tye brings Runzas for students in his Nebraska in the World class. The popular fast-food item is one of many examples he uses to teach them about the state’s global connections. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

Consider the Runza: UNK professor uses popular fast-food item to teach Nebraska history

Sep 15, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney associate history professor Nathan Tye stood at the front of a classroom inside Copeland Hall. B...

Four Submit their Names for Supreme Court Chief Justice

Sep 15, 2024 / NSC

September 13, 2024 LINCOLN – David J. A. Bargen, Adams; PaTricia A. Freeman, Papillion; Jeffrey J. Funke and Ryan S. Post, both of Linco...

Both Abortion Issues & Private School Scholarship Repeal Will Be on the Nebraska November Ballot

Sep 13, 2024 / KRGI News

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that both abortion related measures can remain on the November ballot. The court ...

Charges Filed in Hall County Petition Fraud Case

Sep 13, 2024 / AG

Hall County Attorney Martin Klein and Attorney General Mike Hilgers hosted a joint press conference today announcing a Class IV felony charge relat...

Nebraska Crop Production Report

Sep 12, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. September 12, 2024 - Based on September 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2024corn crop is forecast at 1.89 billion bushels, up 9% from last y...

Gov. Pillen, Senators and Dept. of Ag Present Laws to Protect Nebraska from Foreign Adversaries during News Conference on 9/11

Sep 12, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – On the anniversary of 9/11 – the worst terror attack to occur on U.S. soil -- Governor Jim Pillen joined state senators i...