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Governor Pillen Names New Chief Information Officer

Apr 23, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew J. McCarville as chief information officer for the state of Ne...

Smith Statement on Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

Apr 23, 2024 / Press Release

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its finalized rule f...

Smith Calls for 2024 Angels in Adoption Nominations

Apr 22, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) opened nominations this week for the 2024 Angels in Adoption Award for Nebraska’s Th...

Revving Up Safety: NDOT Joins in Speeding Awareness Week to Promote Safer Roads

Apr 22, 2024 / NDOT

April 22, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) in taking a stand against speeding. Agencies and organ...

UNK Announces Winners of Nebraska Emerging Writers and Artists Contest

Apr 22, 2024 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is recognizing eight high school students selected as winners of the annual Nebraska Emerging...

Terry Hejny (center), director of the Nebraska LEAD Program, visits the Gerald Gentleman Station in Sutherland, Nebraska, along with Sidney Robinson (left) and Logan Reed (right) of the LEAD 42 class. The visit was part of a LEAD seminar on Nebraska natural resources, water and energy.

Hejny Has Shown Vision in Directing LEAD Program

Apr 22, 2024 / Geitner Simmons | IANR Communications

Lincoln, Neb. April 22, 2024 — For the past 17 years, Terry Hejny has regularly traveled Nebraska, from the Missouri River to the Panhandle, ...

Passenger side of a Nebraska State Patrol Cruiser with a sun set in the background.

Two Arrested After Pursuit, Search in Omaha

Apr 21, 2024 / Nebraska State Patrol

(OMAHA, NEB.) — Nebraska State Troopers, with assistance from local officers, have arrested two people following a pursuit in Omaha ove...

Supporting Israel’s Right to Self-Defense

Apr 20, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

On April 13, Israel endured an unprecedented attack of more than 300 long-range missiles and drones from Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran has bee...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: I Voted For a Full Impeachment Trial for Secretary Mayorkas

Apr 20, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

The House of Representatives passed two impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. One article was for “wil...

Smith Announces 2024 Congressional Art Competition Winners

Apr 20, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced the winners of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for the Third Distri...

Secretary of State Wraps up State Wide Tour

Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News

Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen spent a few days educating voters on the photo ID requirement for the May 14th primary. He also made a pit...

EPA Allows Summer Sales of E15

Apr 19, 2024 / Press Release

Ricketts Comments on EPA Allowing Summer Sales of E15 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Co...

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

Apr 19, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...

Nebraska Unemployment Rate Remains Low

Apr 19, 2024 / Department of Labor

LINCOLN - The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for March 2024 is 2.5 percent...

Nebraska Farm Income Projected to Fall

Apr 19, 2024 / UNL

Lincoln, Neb. April 19, 2024 — Nebraska’s net farm income is projected to fall to $6 billion in 2024 and average $6.3 billion per year ...

Rural Mainstreet Economy in Negative Territory Again

Apr 19, 2024 / Creighton University

April 2024 Survey Results at a Glance: For an eighth straight month, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral.Only 0.9% of ban...

LB631 furthers NDCS efforts to transform Nebraska

Apr 19, 2024 / NDOC

April 18, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Signed into law on April 16, 2024, LB631 expands resources for those returning to the community after incarc...

Attorney General Mike Hilgers Joins 25-State Coalition to Halt the Biden Administration’s Electric Vehicle Mandate

Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska AG

LINCOLN – Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed suit to defend Americans who drive gas and diesel-powered trucks and cars against the Biden Adm...

Top row from left, former Sen. John Stinner and Kenton Shaffer, MD. Bottom row from left: Cecilia Poon, PhD, Laurie Halpenny, and Robin Conyers.

Former Sen. John Stinner Recognized at BHECN Awards Dinner

Apr 18, 2024 / UNMC

As leader of the Nebraska Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, former Sen. John Stinner held a uniquely powerful post that ...

State Fair Board to Meet

Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair

NEBRASKA STATE FAIR BOARDMeeting AgendaApril 19, 2024 – 1:00 PMAdministrative Offices, Grand Island, NE1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Inform ...

AG Hosts Youth Conference

Apr 17, 2024 / Nebraska AG

LINCOLN - On Tuesday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers hosted fifty-three students at the Nebraska State Capitol for the 2024 Attorney General’s...

Ricketts Leads Bipartisan Letter to EPA: California Railroad Waiver Would Devastate the Rail Industry & Economy as a Whole

Apr 17, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the ...