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‘Beefing Up’ Nebraska’s Ranching Industry
Jul 25, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen
Built by generations of hard work and innovation, Nebraska’s ranchers are known worldwide for raising the highest quality, most nutritious, s...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Preserving the Good Life: Fighting for Nebraska and American Workers
Jul 25, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Nebraska is what America is supposed to be. We believe in hard work. We provide for our families and take care of our communities. &nbs...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Jul 25, 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...
Nebraska students’ environmental artwork to be featured in 2026 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” calendar
Jul 25, 2025 / DWEE
LINCOLN, Neb. — The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2026 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental ...
Gov. Pillen Touts Historic Income Tax Relief
Jul 25, 2025 / Barry Stevens
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the Tax Rate Review Committee met to review the State’s fiscal...
Nebraska Corn Congratulates tenBensel on His Election to the NCGA Corn Board
Jul 24, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications
July 24, 2025 Lincoln, Neb. – Last week, farmers from across the country attended the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) C...
NDOT Announces Hay Permit Applications Accepted Online Beginning July 30
Jul 23, 2025 / NDOT
July 23, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has announced hay harvesting permit applications for the pub...
Two Nominees Forwarded for District Court Judge in the 11th Judicial District
Jul 23, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the District Court Judge in the 11th Judicial District provided the following two...
Pillen Thanks, Welcomes Home Nebraska Task Force One
Jul 23, 2025 / Barry Stevens
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement welcoming and thanking members of Nebraska Task Force One back to Nebraska...
Public Service Commission Names New Executive Director
Jul 23, 2025 / Deb Collins- Communications & Media Mgr.
Lincoln, July 22, 2025- The Nebraska Public Service Commission has named Greg Walklin as its new Executive Director. Currently the Commission&...
Attorney General Hilgers Leads Coalition to Protect Gas-Powered Vehicles
Jul 23, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
LINCOLN--Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of states and corn-grower associations, to support the Trump Administration’s terminat...
University of Nebraska SNAP-Ed programming to cease effective Sept. 30
Jul 22, 2025 / UNL
Lincoln, Neb., July 22 —The Nebraska SNAP-Ed program, administered by Nebraska Extension since 1992, will cease operations effective Sept. 30...
McCook City Council Meeting
Jul 22, 2025 / Josh Keenportz
The McCook City Council will hold a special council meeting today (7-22) at noon in the council chambers to discuss the water treatment plant. Full...
Celebrates GENIUS Act Being Signed into Law
Jul 21, 2025 / Sen. Ricketts Office
Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law. “The GENIUS ...
Ricketts Fights to Protect America
Jul 21, 2025 / Sen. Ricketts Office
This week, during his weekly press call with Nebraska media, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed the One Big Beautiful Bill and his work to...
Gov. Pillen Issues Disaster Declaration for Dawson County Following June Storms
Jul 21, 2025 / Barry Stevens
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen issued a disaster declaration for Dawson County as a result of last month’s storms that hit the area....
Heat Advisory in Effect
Jul 21, 2025 / NWS
There's a heat advisory Monday and Tuesday. See details below.
Nebraska Governor Commemorates Social Security’s 90th Anniversary
Jul 18, 2025 / Jess Kinser, Associate State Director of Communications
LINCOLN, NEB. — Governor Jim Pillen has officially proclaimed August 2025 as the ‘90th Anniversary of Social Security’ in Nebrask...
June Traffic Fatality Toll
Jul 18, 2025 / NDOT
July 18, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of June 2025, eighteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, acco...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Protecting the Good Life: Securing the Border and Strengthening Defense
Jul 18, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Lasting prosperity depends on lasting security. No nation can thrive without secure borders and a strong military. The One Big Beautifu...
Nebraska’s June 2025 Unemployment Rate is 3.0 Percent
Jul 18, 2025 / NDOL
LINCOLN - Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for June 2025 is 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted. The rate is unchanged from the prior mo...
Conference aims to boost entrepreneurship in Nebraska
Jul 18, 2025 / Russell Shaffer, Rural Prosperity Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 18, 2025 — The fourth annual Nebraska Small Business Conference is coming to Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha in Augus...
Gov. Pillen, Sen. DeKay and NDA Director Vinton Celebrate Passage of Nebraska Law Addressing Fake Meat
Jul 18, 2025 / Barry Stevens
O’NEILL, NE – Governor Jim Pillen was joined by Senator Barry DeKay and Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Sherry Vinton at Sh...
Rural Mainstreet Economy Expands Again in July
Jul 17, 2025 / Creighton University
July 2025 Survey Results at-a-Glance:*For the first time since July and August of 2023, the survey registered two consecutive months of above growt...
Nebraska Ag Land Values Fall Amid Lower Crop Prices and Rising Costs
Jul 17, 2025 / By Ryan Evans, CAP Communications Specialist
Nebraska’s average agricultural land value declined in 2025 for the first time in six years, falling 2 percent to $3,935 an acre, according t...