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Mid-America Manufacturing Ends Year on Sour Note
Jan 2, 2026 / Kristen Crawford
December 2025 Survey Highlights:-Mid-America Business Conditions Index sank to its lowest level for 2025.-The regional manufacturing sector shed jo...
Troopers Make 83 DUI Arrests in Holiday Drive Sober Campaign
Jan 2, 2026 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
January 2, 2026 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested 83 impaired drivers during the holiday season. The a...
Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Good Life in 2026
Jan 2, 2026 / Pete Ricketts
Every New Year, we have the opportunity to reflect on the last year and plan for the future. With family and friends by our side, we enter th...
RTC inmate death
Jan 2, 2026 / NDOC
January 2, 2026 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Vern Krimmel #34989, age 63, died yesterday at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC). Krimmel&rsq...
Teens Apprehended After Pursuit in Western Nebraska
Jan 2, 2026 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
JANUARY 2, 2026 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person after a pursuit and search in w...
SBA Relief Still Available to Nebraska Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought Deadline to apply for economic injury loans approaching
Dec 31, 2025 / SBA
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in...
State Troopers Association of Nebraska (STAN) Endorses Pillen for Re-Election
Dec 31, 2025 / Press Release
Lincoln, NE - Governor Jim Pillen and Lt. Governor Joe Kelly were joined by leaders from the State Troopers Association of Nebraska (STAN) at the S...
Gov. Pillen Touts Huge Rural Health Transformation Program Award
Dec 29, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announc...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Reflecting the Joy and Peace of Christmas
Dec 24, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
The Christmas season is about joy, peace, and spending time with family. We decorate our homes with festive lights. We embrace the traditions that ...
Remembering at Christmas
Dec 23, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
Christmas is a time of joy. Joy for the birth of our Savior after the anticipation of the advent season. Joy for the time we spend with family, rem...
Sasse has terminal cancer
Dec 23, 2025 / KRGI News
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse revealed that he has cancer. Here is the facebook post. Friends-This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch...
AG Hilgers Announces Successful Resolution in OPPD Lawsuit
Dec 23, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a notice of Voluntary Dismissal of his lawsuit against Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), recognizing O...
Gov. Pillen Temporarily Waives Regulations for Truckers Hauling Heating Fuels Used for Residential Heat
Dec 23, 2025 / Laura Strimple
Lincoln, NE – Due to increased demand for heating products across the Midwest and resulting challenges in timely access to heating fuel, Gove...
Attorney General Hilgers Announces Multi-State Settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Dec 23, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
Lincoln– Attorney General Hilgers today joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz US...
Gov. Pillen Announces Funding Boost, New Direction for Business Innovation Act
Dec 22, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is announcing a boost in funding, and a new direction for an initiative that has provided funding to Nebras...
Cozad Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
Dec 22, 2025 / Amy Donato
United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Sean Westgate, 48, of Cozad, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 18, 2025, in federal court i...
Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Relentless Justice 205 Child Victims Located and 293 Child Sex Abuse Offenders Arrested in Nationwide Crackdown, Including Two in the District of Nebraska
Dec 22, 2025 / Amy Donato
The Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track, and arrest ch...
Deceased Person Found in Furnas County Identified as Missing Lincoln Woman, Jerica Hamre
Dec 22, 2025 / Erika Thomas, Public Information Office Manager, City of Lincoln Police
The Lincoln Police Department and Nebraska State Patrol have identified the person found deceased in rural Furnas County last week as Jerica H...
Nebraska’s Minimum Wage Increases to $15 Effective January 1, 2026
Dec 22, 2025 / Grace Johnson Public Information Officer
LINCOLN - Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase to $15 per hour effective January 1, 2026. In accordance with an initiative passed by voters ...
Hastings College students lead Special Olympics powerlifters to victory at State Games
Dec 22, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – The spirit of athleticism and inclusion shone brightly on Saturday, December 13, as the Special Olympics power...
UNK chancellor shares final budget reduction recommendations to address $4.5M deficit
Dec 22, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Neal Schnoor has shared final budget reduction recommendations with campus to address ...
Attorney General Hilgers Sues Resideo for Selling Security Cameras that Put Nebraskans’ Privacy at Risk
Dec 22, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
LINCOLN – Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Resideo Technologies, Inc. and Resideo LLC d/b/a ADI Global Dist...
Nebraska State Patrol Graduates 72nd Recruit Class
Dec 19, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
December 19, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Eighteen new Nebraska State Troopers are ready to begin serving across the state. Members of the Ne...
Fighting Regulations
Dec 19, 2025 / Adrian Smith
Federal regulations are a costly, overreaching web which stifles innovation, germinates uncertainty, and often burdens the very people they purport...
Gov. Pillen Supports Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad Merger
Dec 19, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement signaling the state of Nebraska’s support for Union Pacific’s ...