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Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Getting the EPA Back on Track

Dec 8, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

The Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is broken. Delusional and expensive regulations caused prices to rise for families and busin...

Unveiling of the Mahatma Gandhi Bust at Nebraska State Capitol

Dec 8, 2024 / Soumith Raju K Consul, CGI Seattle

Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi today at the Governor’s Office in the iconic Nebraska State Capitol premise...

Donated and Decorated Christmas Tree to be Lit Sunday at State Capitol

Dec 8, 2024 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – The Nebraska State Capitol will be filled with song and music on Sunday, Dec. 8, as Governor Jim Pillen and First Lady Suzanne ...

Hunter Biden and Government Accountability

Dec 8, 2024 / Rep. Adrian Smith

This week, despite prior assurances made repeatedly by the president himself and his spokespeople he would not do so, President Biden announced he ...

Briese Reminds Enable Users to Act by Year’s End

Dec 8, 2024 / Charles Isom

(Lincoln) Today Treasurer Tom Briese reminds Nebraskans to contribute to Enable Savings Plans before December 31 to take advantage of end-of-year t...

Nebraska Attorney General’s Office Announces Two Settlements in Multistate Litigation against Generic Drug Manufacturers

Dec 6, 2024 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

Lincoln – Today, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office announced that it has joined settlements with Defendants Heritage Pharmaceutica...

Alcohol Compliance Checks Held in Keith, Hayes, and Lincoln Counties

Dec 5, 2024 / NSP

December 5, 2024 (OGALLALA, NEB.)  — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted alcohol compliance checks Wednesday afternoo...

New Officers and Committees Set to Lead the Nebraska Soybean Board

Dec 5, 2024 / NSB

LINCOLN, Neb. (December 5, 2024) – The Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) convened its inaugural board meeting for fiscal year 2025 on November 25&...

Rural Poll Shows Many Distrustful of Artificial Intelligence

Dec 5, 2024 / Becky Vogt, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication

Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 5, 2024 — Most rural Nebraskans are not well informed about artificial intelligence and are not confident it is being...

NPCC student organizations host Angel Trees

Dec 4, 2024 / Jennifer Fuller Public Information Specialist

North Platte Community College’s STEM Club and Alpha Beta Theta, the college’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, are hostin...

Sophomore Recital to feature Trenton Emmons

Dec 4, 2024 / Jennifer Fuller Public Information Specialist

North Platte Community College sophomore Trenton Emmons will perform his Sophomore Graduation Recital Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the McDonald-Belton Theat...

Lincoln Man Arrested After Multi-County Pursuit

Dec 4, 2024 / NSP

December 3, 2024 (LIncoln, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Lincoln man following a multi-county pursuit...

Ricketts Announces Senior Staff Updates, Names Amelia Breinig as Chief of Staff

Dec 4, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced several senior staff updates. Matt Miltenberger is departing for the pr...

Northeast Nebraska Pursuit Leads to Arrest Near Hubbard

Dec 3, 2024 / NSP

December 3, 2024 (Norfolk, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person following a pursuit in northeast Ne...

Troopers Wrap-Up Make It Click Campaign

Dec 3, 2024 / NSP

December 3, 2024 (Lincoln, NEB.)  —  Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed 52 impaired drivers from the road during the M...

NDOT Testing Variable Advisory Speed Signs on I-80

Dec 3, 2024 / NDOT

Dec. 3, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) will begin testing Variable Advisory Speed (VAS) signs a...

November’s Mid-America Manufacturing Index Negative Again with Job Losses and Mild Inflation

Dec 2, 2024 / Creighton University

November 2024 Survey Highlights:*For the sixth time this year, the overall or Business Conditions Index fell below growth neutral.*For a second str...

Major Jeff Roby Promoted to Lt. Colonel

Dec 2, 2024 / NSP

December 2, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol is pleased to announce the promotion of Major Jeff Roby to the position of...

NCCW inmate death

Dec 2, 2024 / NDCS

December 2, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Wilma Castor #94158, age 76, died today at a Lincoln hospital. Castor was incarcerated at the Nebraska Cor...

Nebraska Corn Board Seeks Candidates for Vacancies

Dec 2, 2024 / NCB

December 2, 2024 LINCOLN, Neb. - Notice is hereby given that the terms for three members of the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Mar...

Senator Bostar Receives AARP Nebraska’s 2024 Champion for Family Caregivers Award

Dec 2, 2024 / AARP

LINCOLN, NEB. — In recognition of National Family Caregiver Month this November, AARP Nebraska presented Senator Eliot Bostar with the 2024 C...

Smith Statement on Pardon of Hunter Biden

Dec 2, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced he had signed a pardo...

Gov. Pillen Previews 2025 Legislative Priorities

Dec 1, 2024 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is previewing some of his priorities for the 2025 legislative session. These initiatives, and others, align...

Capitol Tree Lighting & Hometown Christmas Details Released

Dec 1, 2024 / Press Release

   LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen and First Lady Suzanne are inviting Nebraskans to two holiday events on Dec. 8. The...

Nebraska Farmers Union 111th Annual State Convention Agenda Announced

Dec 1, 2024 / NFU

Lincoln, NE. "Value Added Agriculture: Helping Ourselves to a Better Future” is the theme for the 111th annual Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) ...