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Governor Pillen Signs 10 Bills into Law, Vetoes Another

Apr 24, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has signed 10 bills into law and announced his veto of a bill he says would harm Nebraska taxpayers.  ...
Flavorful Adventures Await: 4th Annual Nebraska Beef Passports Now Available

Flavorful Adventures Await: 4th Annual Nebraska Beef Passports Now Available

Apr 24, 2024 / NE Beef

Kearney, NE (April 24, 2024) – The fourth annual Nebraska Beef Passports are now available at www.GoodLifeGreatSteaks.org. The Nebraska Beef ...
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Troopers Arrest 18 Impaired Drivers During Weekend Campaign

Apr 24, 2024 / NSP

APRIL 24, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed 18 impaired drivers from the road during a weekend cam...
 An Extension agent meets with a group of rural Nebraskans, discussing how an ignition engine works, in this undated photo. (University Archives and Special Collections)

Extension Co-Creating a Better Tomorrow

Apr 24, 2024 / WRITER: Deann Gayman, University Communication and Marketing

Lincoln, Nebraska, April 24, 2024 — Nebraska spans 430 miles east to west, totaling 77,327 square miles, with a population of 1.96 million pe...
Gameday Traffic Springs Back to Lincoln

Gameday Traffic Springs Back to Lincoln

Apr 24, 2024 / NDOT

April 23, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — With the excitement of warming temperatures, blooming spring flowers and a spring football game on the ...
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Three Arrested in Investigation into Improper Relationship with Inmates

Apr 23, 2024 / NDOC

APRIL 23, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested three people following an investigation int...
Cutline - Herding cattle at Diamond Bar Ranch in central Nebraska. Photo by Natalie Jones 

Ideas For Estate and Transition Planning: Gifting

Apr 23, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Nebraska Extension Agricultural Economist 

For many farm and ranch families, bringing children or grandchildren into the operation is the ultimate goal. Successfully bringing additional fami...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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

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 ProgramAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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, ...
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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...
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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...
Pete Ricketts Weekly Column

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...
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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...
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Secretary of State Wraps up State Wide TourAudio Icon, this article contains audio

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...
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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...
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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...
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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

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 ...
Creighton News Release

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...
Nebraska Department of Corrections

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...
Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers Release

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...