Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Paving the ROAD to Housing

Feb 6, 2026 / Pete Ricketts

Nebraska is the best place in the world to live.  But for so many potential first-time homebuyers, the market has become out of reach.  T...

LB258, Adjusting the State's Minimum Wage, Passes after Two Hour Debate

Feb 5, 2026 / KRGI News

LB258, adjusting the state’s minimum wage law, survived a filibuster to gain final approval at the Nebraska Legislature. Senator Stan Clouse ...

Ricketts Discusses Resilient Water Infrastructure, Threat of Communist China’s Cyber-Attacks

Feb 5, 2026 / Sen. Ricketts Office

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed the...

Ricketts Highlights ROAD to Housing Act

Feb 5, 2026 / Sen. Ricketts Office

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the ROAD to Housing Act, which aims to make home ownership a possibil...

Back Yard Poultry Tests Positive for Avian Influenza

Feb 5, 2026 / SWNPHD

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is reporting a third case of Avian Influenza (bird flu) in a 7-month period within the nine-co...

MCC Softball takes two from Broncbusters

Feb 6, 2026 / MCC Athletics/Brent Cobb

GARDEN CITY, Kan. - The No. 13 McCook Community College softball team took a pair of games Friday on the road over Garden City Community College, w...

Huskers Open Season With 8-5 Win Over Washington

Feb 6, 2026 / NU Athletics

The No. 10 Nebraska softball team used a pair of four-run innings to open its season with an 8-5 victory over Washington in the first of two games ...

Mast Named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Midseason List

Feb 6, 2026 / NU Athletics

Nebraska’s Rienk Mast was honored Friday, as one of 10 players on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Midseason List. The award honors...

Katskee Tabbed NCBWA Preseason All-American

Feb 6, 2026 / NU Athletics

Redshirt junior Cooper Katskee earned fourth-team preseason All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the publi...

High School Basketball Scores from Thursday, February 5th

Feb 6, 2026 / NSAA

Girls ScoresThursday, February 5, 2026Adams Central 42 vs Kearney Catholic 29Ainsworth 48 vs Boyd County 30Anselmo-Merna 55 @ Twin Loup 31Axtell 49...