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Lt. Governor Kelly & Delegation Tout Opportunities from Trade Mission
Aug 1, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly is touting the many opportunities that he and trade mission delegates had to promote Nebraska pro...
Hastings Water Park: 13 Year Old From Japan Hospitalized
Jul 31, 2024 / City Of Hastings Release
(Hastings, NE) - The Hastings Police Department and Hastings Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the Hastings Water Park at approximately 1:50 p.m...
Nebraska Corn Congratulates Reiners on Election to the U.S. Grains Council Board
Jul 31, 2024 / Jill Parrent Director of Communications Nebraska Corn Board
Lincoln, Neb. – This week, farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the country attended the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Board of Delegate...
Gov. Pillen Appoints Hoeft as District Court Judge in the 10th Judicial District
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Gov. Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Timothy E. Hoeft as district court judge in the 10th Judicial District. Tha...
A Third Day of Special Session Hearings
Jul 31, 2024 / Open Sky
The OpenSky team weighed in on some marathon hearings yesterday at the Capitol, discussing responsible tax policy, transparent and prudent budgetin...
Gov. Pillen Testifies Before Revenue Committee on Nebraska Plan for Property Tax Reform
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Legislature’s Revenue Committee on LB1, the property tax reduction bill...
Love Challenges Rocketts to Debate
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE - At a press conference today at his North Omaha office, Preston Love challenged his opponent Pete Ricketts to accept a public debate inv...
Senator Dover Named Inaugural Recipient of AARP Nebraska’s Community Fraud Fighter Award
Jul 30, 2024 / Jess Kinser, Associate State Director – Communications AARP Nebraska
LINCOLN, NEB. —AARP Nebraska is pleased to announce Senator Robert Dover of Norfolk (District 19) as the inaugural recipient of its Community...
Substantial Legislative Bill Having Public Hearings Today
Jul 30, 2024 / Open Sky
It is a busy lineup of hearings in the Legislature’s Revenue and Appropriations committees, including LB 1, which contains most of the compon...
Platte Institute Provides Testimony on LB 1, Aimed to Lower Property Taxes
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE — Today, the Platte Institute is providing testimony on LB 1, Governor Pillen’s bill aimed to lower property taxes during the...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 30, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 29, 2024 - For the week ending July 28, 2024, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National ...
Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease
Jul 30, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Dave Aiken, UNL ag economists
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...
Gov. Pillen Requests Federal Aid for May 20 – June 3 Storms
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has requested a federal disaster declaration from President Joe Biden, due to damage resulting from a serie...
Troopers Find 77 LBs of Meth in Traffic Stop Near York
Jul 29, 2024 / NSP
JULY 29, 2024 (YORK, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol located 77 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and arrested two pe...
Platte Institute Testifies in Special Session
Jul 29, 2024 / Platte Institute
Platte Institute Testifies on LB 7, LB 9, LB 10, and LB 11 as Special Session Committee Hearings Begin.OMAHA, NE — Today the Platte Institute...
Open Sky Gives Its Perpspective on Special Session Bills
Jul 29, 2024 / Open Sky
The Nebraska Legislature convened in special session last week and began bill introduction, which will continue through Monday. Also beginning Mond...
News Release: Fatal Crash - Buffalo County
Jul 29, 2024 / Bradley Hall, Sergeant Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of an adult male driver. The crash occurred at appr...
An Important Moment for the U.S.-Israel Alliance
Jul 26, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
As the Israel-Hamas War continues, 111 of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas terrorists in the October 7th attacks remain in Gaza. This week, in south...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Jul 26, 2024 / Pr
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...History Nebraska welcomes Cindy Drake as new interim Executive Director
Jul 26, 2024 / History NE
Lincoln, NE - 07/26/2024 - History Nebraska, Nebraska's state agency tasked with collecting, preserving and sharing the state's history, is pleased...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: I Stand with Israel Against Iran & Hamas Terrorists
Jul 26, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently came to Washington to address Congress. The Prime Minister’s remarks were an important rem...
Governor and AG Issue Statements on Court’s Ruling to Uphold LB574
Jul 26, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE -- Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement regarding the Nebraska Supreme Court’s decision upholding LB574, whi...
New Faculty Rooted in the Region
Jul 25, 2024 / By NCTA News
The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) is excited to announce the hiring of Reagan Skow as the new associate professor of Agribusines...
Attorney General Hilgers Announces Victory in Stopping Biden Administration’s Title IX Rule
Jul 25, 2024 / AG
LINCOLN – Attorney General Hilgers announces the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a preliminary injun...
Ricketts, Smith React to Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress
Jul 25, 2024 / Press Release
Ricketts Statement on Israeli Prime Minister’s SpeechWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senat...