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Smith, Davis, and Feenstra Champion Bipartisan Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses

Feb 16, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan Small Busines...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open

Feb 16, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

In December, President Biden’s team shut down two border rail crossings in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas. The administration also falsely imp...

Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in Cybercrime Schemes Involving Tens of Millions of Dollars in Losses

Feb 16, 2024 / DOJ

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty on February 15, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, N...

Gov. Pillen on Survey: Nebraskans Want Property Tax Relief

Feb 16, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen says a new survey confirms what he has heard repeatedly from taxpayers across Nebraska. They want property ...

Nebraska State Fair Board to Meet

Feb 15, 2024 / NSF

NEBRASKA STATE FAIR BOARDMeeting AgendaFebruary 16, 2024 – 2 P.M.Rembolt Ludtke Offices, Lincoln, NE1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Inform Pub...

DAS Praises Enactment of Comprehensive Procurement Reform

Feb 15, 2024 / Department of Administrative Services

Lincoln – On February 13, 2024, Governor Jim Pillen signed LB 461 into law, a bill to reform state procurement processes. The Pillen Administ...

Census of Agriculture Released

Feb 13, 2024 / USDA

Data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2022 Census of Agricultu...

Troopers Arrest 18 Impaired Drivers in Super Bowl Campaign

Feb 13, 2024 / NSP

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Nebraska State Patrol troopers removed 18 impaired drivers from the road this weekend as part...

Ricketts, Cruz Introduce Bill to Stop Biden from Closing Ports of Entry

Feb 13, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Ac...

Cattle graze annual forages. Photo by Mary Drewnoski

March webinar series focuses on ‘fundamentals of feeding the cow’

Feb 13, 2024 / By Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Nebraska Extension will be hosting a four-session webinar series in March that will explain the fundamentals of understanding a cow's nutrition req...

UNK student success coordinator Julie Everett, left, meets regularly with Karlie Wies and other freshmen, providing an additional level of support as they transition to college. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

Julie Everett gives UNK freshmen the tools to succeed

Feb 13, 2024 / UNK By TYLER ELLYSON

KEARNEY – The transition from high school to college was a “really big change” for Karlie Wies. Away from her family for the fir...

Gov. Pillen Announces SEBT “Nebraska Solution”

Feb 13, 2024 / KRGI News

LINCOLN, NE – Surrounded by more than 20 state senators in the Warner Chamber at the State Capitol, Governor Jim Pillen touted a &ldq...

Advocating for Justice for Crime Victims

Feb 12, 2024 / Attorney General Mike Hilgers

One of the most important responsibilities of the Attorney General is public safety. Our criminalbureau, which is responsible for investigating cri...

UNMC to offer Doctor of Nutrition and Dietetics program

Feb 12, 2024 / UNMC

On Feb. 9, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Doctor of Nutrition and Dietetics (DND) program, to be hou...

Adrian Smith Commentary

Feb 11, 2024 / Press Release

Bringing the Border Crisis Under Control By Rep. Adrian Smith The crisis at our Southern Border is enormous, unprecedented, and is putting Americ...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column:

Feb 11, 2024 / Press Release

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Biden’s Border Bill Doesn’t Get the Job Done President Joe Biden claims he needs new legislatio...

Advocates Call for End to Lifetime SNAP Bans

Feb 11, 2024 / Nebraska Appleseed

MAHA, NE – Today, impacted community members, community leaders, and advocates came together to share the harmful impacts of the lifetime ban...

Health Facility’s ‘Topping-Off Beam’ to be Available for Signing

Feb 11, 2024 / UNMC

A steel beam that will top off a new health education facility in Kearney will make its way across the state this spring, providing Nebraska citize...

Dicamba: removing a tool from the toolbox

Feb 11, 2024 / By Chabella Guzman, PREEC communications

The soybean growers in Nebraska and across the U.S. have just been thrown a curveball, as a federal court in Arizona vacated registration of dicamb...

UNMC College of Nursing Online Master’s Program Ranks Among Best

Feb 8, 2024 / UNMC

In the 2024 Best Online Programs rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the UNMC College of Nursing’s online master’s in nursing p...

McCook Man Sentenced to 31 Years for Production of Child Pornography

Feb 8, 2024 / Department of Justice

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jeron Messersmith, 29, formerly of McCook, Nebraska, was sentenced on February 7, 2024, in federal...

Last year, Payton Cisneros (left), manager, Emergency Department was one of 26 recipients to receive a scholarship from Good Samaritan to help further her education. Shelby Shipp (right), chair, Nursing Shared Governance Council presented Cisneros with a ceremonial check.

Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1

Feb 7, 2024 / CHI

KEARNEY - Since 1989, the Foundation at CHI Health Good Samaritan has awarded $311,141 in scholarships to 457 future nurses, respiratory therapists...

Juanita Farmer Talks Corn

Feb 7, 2024 / NCB

By Jay ReinersFarmer from Juanita, Nebraska and Chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board Editor’s Note – The following article is one of a ...

Group photo pictured from left to right: Mattison Beattie (So.) – Sumner, NE; Ainsley Fischer (Sr.) – Franktown, CO; Jaylea Pope (So.) - Ravenna, NE; Noah Summers (So.) – Gibbon, NE; Emelia Rourke (So.), Waverly, NE

Beef Leadership Experience Sees Successful Second Year of Program

Feb 7, 2024 / NE Beef

Kearney, NE (February 7, 2024) – For the second year in a row, the Nebraska Beef Council hosted the Beef Leadership Experience in and around ...

Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

$6.7 million awarded to Waste and Litter Reduction, Recycling, and Scrap Tire Grants

Feb 6, 2024 / NDEE

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) Director Jim Macy announced Feb.6 the award of $6,697,474 in grants to s...