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Brooke Envick will serve as the next dean of the UNK College of Business and Technology. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

Brooke Envick selected to lead UNK College of Business and Technology

May 6, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News

KEARNEY – Following a national search, the University of Nebraska at Kearney has selected Brooke Envick as the next dean of the College of Bu...
NCTA Ag Business competitors visit Honey Creek Farm (L-R): Owen Harb, Grand Island; Jordan Lans, Lexington; Tyler Keener, Mitchell; and Erik Snyder, Grant.

NCTA Ag Business Students Compete Well

May 6, 2025 / Andela Taylor Recruiting Coordinator & Media Contact

National competitions like the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) are an excellent proving ground for effective teaching a...

Gov. Pillen Announces Appointments to Boards and Commissions

May 6, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is announcing appointments made to boards and commissions December 31, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The l...

Galaxy of Stars Talent Search Returns to Nebraska State Fair

May 6, 2025 / Jack Sheard

GRAND ISLAND — The Galaxy of Stars® Talent Search, Nebraska’s premier stage for rising performers, is returning to the Nebraska Sta...
Sorghum leaves show feeding damage from fall armyworms in Joe Louis’ entomology lab. Once the creatures begin feeding on plant stems or leaves, ag producers typically lose at least a quarter of their crop. (Emma Saathoff/IANR Media)

Husker Research Unlocks Secrets of Sorghum's Defense Against Fall Armyworm

May 6, 2025 / Geitner Simmons, IANR Media

Lincoln, Nebraska, May 6, 2025 — University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists continue to advance the understanding of sorghum’s nat...

Attorney General Hilgers Announces Victory in Nebraska-led Challenge to California’s Electric-Truck Mandates

May 6, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

Lincoln, NE—Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that California has agreed to repeal its electric-truck mandates that reach well beyond C...

Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

May 6, 2025 / USDA

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION LINCOLN, Neb. May 5, 2025 - For the week ending May 4, 2025, there were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork,...

Open Sky Legislative Update

May 6, 2025 / Open Sky

Four things to know about the budget as we move into debate1. Low spending growthProjected General Fund spending for the coming biennium in the bud...

Platte Institute Proposes $162 Million Spending Freeze to Help Close Nebraska Budget Gap 

May 5, 2025 / Ryan Kopsa Communications and Marketing Director

OMAHA, NE — At a virtual press conference held Monday afternoon, the Platte Institute proposed a targeted, responsible solution for addressin...

NDEE begins weekly public lake sampling

May 5, 2025 / Amanda Woita

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) and its partners have begun weekly sampling of public lakes across Nebraska. This samplin...

Positive Rabies Case in Southwest Nebraska

May 5, 2025 / SWNPHD

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has confirmed a positive rabies case in an animal in the health district. The positive rabies ...

NeFU Will Participate in NFU “Week of Action” Fly-In May 5-9, 2025

May 3, 2025 / John Hansen

Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) State President John Hansen and Gage/Jefferson County Secretary Don Schuller of Wymore will join other F...
A May 11 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City will feature 32 UNK students and choir members. (John Huntington/Shutterstock)

UNK choir members will perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC

May 3, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney choir members will perform at the world’s most famous concert venue later this month. Asso...

Gov. Pillen Temporarily Waives Regulations for Truckers Hauling Critically Needed Fuel 

May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Noting that Nebraska and other states are currently experiencing fuel shortages due to high demand, Governor Jim Pillen has iss...

Mid-America Manufacturing Expands with Higher Prices

May 2, 2025 / Creighton University

OMAHA, Neb. (May 1, 2025) — The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state r...

Multiple TSCI staff members injured in assault

May 2, 2025 / NDOC

May 2, 2025 (Tecumseh, Neb.) –  Three staff members at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) sustained serious* injuries in...

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

May 2, 2025 / 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...

Summer Literacy Training Aimed to Help Teachers

May 2, 2025 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications

The Nebraska Department of Education and the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council, in partnership with Institute for Learning & Resear...

Advocates Decry Provisions Amended into LB 530

May 2, 2025 / Samantha Livermore

LINCOLN, NE – Advocacy groups spoke out against the Legislature's vote today to move a criminal and juvenile justice package from general fil...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working Hard for Nebraska

May 2, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

Our country faces many threats. Communist China is our greatest external threat. Our $36 trillion national debt is our greatest domestic threat. Ov...
Paul Schaub Joins the Attorney General's Office in Ogallala

Paul Schaub Joins the Attorney General's Office in Ogallala

May 2, 2025 / Heather Buell

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce that Paul Schaub is joining the Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney ge...

Revised Burn Ban Provides Exception to Irrigation Districts

May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has revised a burn ban to allow fire chiefs discretion in granting burn permits to irrigation districts so ...

Ricketts Leads Resolution Announcing Renewable Fuels Month

May 2, 2025 / Noah Sadlier

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a bipartisan ...
Brian Waugh speaks at Thursday's press conference.

Gov. Pillen Announces Chief Bryan Waugh to Lead Nebraska State PatrolAudio Icon, this article contains audio

May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple

Listen to press conference below. LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Chief Bryan Waugh as the next su...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Cody Barnett has joined the Nebraska Department of Justice as its next Solicitor General.

Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Cody Barnett has joined the Nebraska Department of Justice as its next Solicitor General.

May 1, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

“Our office has a history of elite Solicitors General. Our previous Solicitor General is in a prominent position in President Trump’s D...