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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

Nov 27, 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...

Scores Remain Steady on Nebraska Statewide Assessment and Accountability Results

Nov 27, 2024 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications

The Nebraska Department of Education released the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) results and the Accountability for a Quality ...

Acknowledging with Grateful Hearts

Nov 27, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Poised at the threshold of the holiday season, the Thanksgiving holiday has a powerful capacity to bring us together as Americans. Despite unrest i...

‘Music is for everyone’: UNK String Project inspires young performers, future teachers

Nov 27, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney senior Abbygail Marshall sat down at a piano inside the Fine Arts Building on campus. “I&r...

Attorney General Hilgers Joins Antitrust Lawsuit Against Institutional Investors for ESG Commitments

Nov 27, 2024 / AG

Lincoln—Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 11 states to sue BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, three o...

Slick Conditions Could Affect Region

Nov 27, 2024 / NWS

Rain and freezing rain impacts southwest parts of the area this morning.  Slick spots are possible on roads in this area.  Transition t...

Nebraska Aeronautics Commission, NDOT Aeronautics Announces Grant Allocations

Nov 26, 2024 / NDOT

Nov. 26, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – The Nebraska Aeronautics Commission, working alongside the Nebraska Department of Transportation-Divisio...

Thankful for Agriculture & Student Success

Nov 26, 2024 / By Dean Larry Gossen, PhD

During this time of year, my mind always focuses on the many blessings we have, living in rural Nebraska, serving the agricultural community, and w...

Troopers Find Over 60 LBs of Cocaine and Marijuana in Traffic Stops

Nov 26, 2024 / NSP

November 26, 2024 (North Platte, Neb.) – Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested four people this weekend after finding more over 30...

Nebraska Extension succession planning series for women in agriculture kicks off in January

Nov 26, 2024 / UNL

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 25, 2024 —A multi-state extension workshop series for women in agriculture will offer strategies to evaluate and improve ...

BHECN opens Southwest site in North Platte

Nov 26, 2024 / UNMC

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) has launched its Southwest site in North Platte, Nebraska. The BHECN Southwest site wil...

Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

Nov 25, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. November 25, 2024 - For the week ending November 24, 2024, there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's N...

Overcoming Rural Health Care Challenges

Nov 23, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

One-size-fits-all mandates from Washington are rarely the answer to the problems Americans face, and health care is no exception. As anyone who has...

Powerful Wisdom & Native American Heritage Month

Nov 23, 2024 / Governor Jim Pillen

 November is Native American Heritage Month. We need only look to our own State Capitol to see the enormous influence of indigenous people on ...

Nebraska Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License Revoked for Fraud

Nov 22, 2024 / AG

On November 20, 2024, Nebraska's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Timothy Tesmer revoked the licenses of Andrea Meisinger, an Advanced Practice Registered...

Nebraska Cattle on Feed Report

Nov 22, 2024 / USDA

NEBRASKA CATTLE ON FEED UP 2% LINCOLN, Neb. November 22, 2024 - Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.59 mill...

NSP Launches Make It Click Campaign Ahead of Thanksgiving

Nov 22, 2024 / NSP

November 21, 2024 (Lincoln, NEB.)  —  The holiday season is in full force. The Nebraska State Patrol is kicking off the holiday tra...

Smith, Cotton, Kaine, and Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral End Drug Shortages Act

Nov 22, 2024 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introdu...

Troopers Urge Safe Travel for Husker Saturday Double-Header

Nov 22, 2024 / NSP

November 22, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.)  — Saturday will be a busy day for Husker fans with two big games in Lincoln. The Nebraska State Patro...

Red Willow County Board of Commissioners to Meet Monday

Nov 22, 2024 / Penelope Cooper, County Clerk  

RED WILLOW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING AGENDANovember 25, 2024            &n...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Happy Thanksgiving, Nebraska!

Nov 22, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

This Thanksgiving is a perfect moment to reflect on the many blessings we have as Nebraskans and as Americans. Our nation has its challenges, but t...

Williams named NPCC Business Student of the Month

Nov 22, 2024 / Jennifer Fuller Public Information Specialist

Patricia Williams has been selected as North Platte Community College’s Business Student of the Month for November. Williams chose to attend...

Gov. Pillen Appoints Daryl Bohac as Director of the Nebraska State Historical Society

Nov 22, 2024 / Press Release

 HEAR THE PRESS CONFERENCE BELOW LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Daryl Bohac as director for ...

NSP inmate death

Nov 22, 2024 / NDOC

November 21, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Kenneth Greer #211862, age 56, died today at a Lincoln hospital. Greer was incarcerated at the Nebraska S...

Juvenile With Skid Loader Rams Hastings Police

Nov 22, 2024 / City Of Hastings Release

(Hastings, NE) - On Thursday, November 21st,  at approximately 8:00 p.m. the Hastings Police Department was notified that a skid loader was tr...