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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...
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 ...
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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

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...
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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 ...
Preparing for Pruning

Preparing for Pruning

Apr 17, 2024 / Dr. Emily Stine, Nebraska Extension Educator Horticulture 

Pruning always seems to be a monumental task to take on, but with the right tools and some knowledge about the plant, it becomes easier. Best prun...
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March NDOT Traffic Fatality Toll

Apr 16, 2024 / NDOT

April 16, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of March 2024, twenty-two people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, ...
Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers Release

Attorney General Hilgers Thanks the Legislature for Strengthening Protections for Vulnerable Nebraskans

Apr 16, 2024 / Nebraska AG

LINCOLN—In the concluding days of the 2024 Session, Attorney General Mike Hilgers thanks the sponsoring Senators and Legislature for strength...
Nebraska Corn Farmers To Invest Nearly $3.1 Billion to Plant 9.85 Million Acres

Nebraska Corn Farmers To Invest Nearly $3.1 Billion to Plant 9.85 Million Acres

Apr 16, 2024 / NE Corn Board

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska corn farmers will plant 9.85 million acres of corn in 2024 according to the March Prospective Plantings report relea...
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Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation Supports Youth Premiums

Apr 16, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair

April 16, 2024. Grand Island, Nebraska: Young Nebraskans come across this great state for a chance to take home honors, and perhaps a ribbon, from ...
CUTLINE: Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a five-year, $615,387 Faculty Early Career Development Program award grant from the National Science Foundation to improve the structural engineering of steel grain bins. (Craig Chandler/University Communication and Marketing)

UNL Aims to Strengthen Grain Bins

Apr 16, 2024 / Dan Moser, Office of Research and Economic Development

Lincoln, Nebraska, April 16, 2024 — When people think of structural engineering perils, they tend to imagine big-city bridges, skyscrapers an...
NDOT, AGC, and Partner Contractors Across the State  Recognize Work Zone Awareness Week

NDOT, AGC, and Partner Contractors Across the State Recognize Work Zone Awareness Week

Apr 16, 2024 / NDOT

April 15, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Nebraska cha...
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Troopers Report Speedy Start to 2024

Apr 15, 2024 / NSP

APRIL 15, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  — Nebraska roadways are off to a speedy start to 2024. In the first 100 days of the year, Nebraska State...
State/Federal Reaction to Death of Ceresco Police Officer

State/Federal Reaction to Death of Ceresco Police Officer

Apr 14, 2024 / KRGI News

Gov. Pillen Reacts to Death of Officer, Orders Flags be Flown at Half-StaffLINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen offered his deepest condo...
NSP Investigating Fatal Crash That Claims Life of Ceresco Police Officer

NSP Investigating Fatal Crash That Claims Life of Ceresco Police Officer

Apr 13, 2024 / Nebraska State Patrol

(Ceresco, NE)  — The Nebraska State Patrol is heartbroken to announce the passing of Ceresco Police Officer Ross Bartlett. Bartlett also...
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The U.S.-Japan Alliance Stands for Freedom and Opportunity

Apr 12, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

The Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, home of the Thomas Jefferson, the Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorials, is encirc...
Pete Ricketts Weekly Column

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: I Want to Cut Your Taxes

Apr 12, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

The average Nebraskan paid $10,519 in taxes to the federal government last year. In return, they should expect a responsible government that respec...
 (left to right) Jessie Watts, Chris Watts, Evelyn Watts, Jon Watts, and Erin Watts

New Health Career Scholarship Honors Evelyn Watts’  43-year Nursing Career at Good Samaritan

Apr 12, 2024 / CHI

KEARNEY - The CHI Health Good Samaritan Foundation is pleased to announce a new scholarship that will benefit students pursuing a career in health ...
Nebraska Department of Corrections

RTC staff member injured in assault

Apr 12, 2024 / DOC

April 12, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) –  A staff member at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) sustained a serious* injury in an inmate as...
Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers Release

Attorney General Hilgers Joins 13-State Lawsuit to Stop the Biden Administration’s Hidden Electric Vehicle Subsidy and Defend Ethanol

Apr 11, 2024 / AG

LINCOLN--Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration’s hidden subsidy for electri...