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Nebraska Legislature Advances Scaled Back Property Tax Relief Plan
Aug 14, 2024 / Press Release
Governor Pillen Issues Statement Thanking Bipartisan Coalition of Senators for First-Round Advancement of Consensus Property Tax Relief Plan L...
Phillips Man Sentenced for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography
Aug 14, 2024 / DOJ
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Frantz Kolbjornsen, age 44, of Phillips, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 13, 2024, in federal co...
Process for Disclosing Foreign-Owned Land
Aug 13, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) joined a bipartisan effort urging the U.S. Department of ...
Now Hiring Troopers! Nebraska State Patrol Opens Applications
Aug 12, 2024 / NSP
AUGUST 12, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is now accepting applications to start a career serving Nebraskans as a Sta...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Aug 12, 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 students’ environmental artwork to be featured in 2025 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” calendar
Aug 12, 2024 / NDEE
The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2025 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar. The statewid...
Gov. Pillen Hosts 'One Nebraska' Ag and Economic Development Summit
Aug 12, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – This week, Governor Jim Pillen welcomed 600 leaders to Younes Conference Center North in Kearney for “One Nebraska: the G...
Losing the Pathway to Growth
Aug 12, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
Severe inflation, stock market turbulence, and troubling workforce data have driven recent economic concerns for American families already struggli...
Hastings rodeo to feature Mega Band, a combo of three area high school band
Aug 12, 2024 / Ruth Nicolaus For the Oregon Trail Rodeo
Hastings, Neb. (August 12, 2024) – Something new is coming to the Oregon Trail Rodeo in Hastings this weekend. The Mega Band, a band formed ...
Diamond Shruumz Product Recall and Notice to Nebraska Retailers
Aug 9, 2024 / AG
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is issuing a warning to retailers and consumers regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FD...
Education Officials Oppose New Property Tax Relief Plan
Aug 9, 2024 / Press Release
A coalition of education organizations has come out in opposition of the property tax relief plan which should come to the floor of the legislature...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Border Catastrophe Hurts Nebraska
Aug 9, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Our country faces a safety, drug, and humanitarian catastrophe at the southern border. Yet the impacts of it are felt much closer to home. Since 20...
Serious Accident in Lincoln County
Aug 9, 2024 / Jerome J. Kramer Lincoln County Sheriff
At 7:28 AM deputies and EMS were dispatched to MM 165 on Highway 30, near Hershey, It was reported that there was a three v...