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Cattle Producers Need Certainty
Oct 24, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
American farmers and ranchers work hard to provide the world with high-quality, nutritious, and affordable food options, all while dealing with man...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Fighting to Pay Our On-Duty Federal Officers
Oct 24, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Our law enforcement officers work hard to prevent crime and protect families. They face danger, act fast, and serve with courage. I con...
Nebraska Department of Education Highlights Communities Improving Attendance
Oct 24, 2025 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications
The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) released new data showing significant progress across the state in reducing chronic absenteeism. The dat...
Poll: Rural Nebraskans more optimistic about current, future well-being
Oct 23, 2025 / Becky Vogt, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 23, 2025 — Over the past 30 years, the Nebraska Rural Poll has asked respondents about their current well-being, as w...
Gov. Pillen Updates Progress at Work Ethic Camp; Passes Final Inspection
Oct 23, 2025 / Gov Pillens Office
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is providing an update on progress made at the Work Ethic Camp in McCook, which will allow the facility to ...
Gov. Pillen to Lead Trade Mission to Israel
Oct 23, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Next week, Governor Jim Pillen will lead a trade mission to Israel. The state delegation includes representatives from the Nebr...
PSC Orders Axtell Company to Cease & Desist
Oct 23, 2025 / Jason McFarley Public Information/Education Officer Nebraska Public Service Commission
Lincoln, Oct. 23, 2025 – The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) has opened an investigation and ordered Roberts Seed, Inc., of Axt...
Nebraska Corn Hosts Philippians Trade Team
Oct 23, 2025 / Jill Bookhout
October 23, 2025 LINCOLN, Neb. – Several Nebraska corn farmers hosted a trade team before the U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council’...
Washington Lawmakers react to imported beef announcement
Oct 23, 2025 / Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement calling on the Trump administration to advance policies wh...
NCTA Alumnus Ryan Dugdale Visits Ag Business Class
Oct 22, 2025 / Jennifer McConville, Ed.D
CURTIS, Neb. — The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture recently welcomed back alumnus Ryan Dugdale, who visited campus to speak w...
Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours Head to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 22nd
Oct 22, 2025 / NU Athletics
October 22, 2025-And the stadium saga continues. Following a slew of sold-out stadium shows in 2025, and the nearly sold-out show (only a few hundr...
Dr. Sweasy to lead national effort tackling rural cancer as new AACI president
Oct 22, 2025 / John Keenan, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute-designated Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, will begin her two-year term as pr...
Report Shows IANR Delivers $849 Million Annual Economic and Public Value, Strongly Supporting Nebraska’s No. 1 Industry
Oct 20, 2025 / Cara Pesek, Senior Communications Director,
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 20 — A new preliminary economic impact analysis by national consulting firm Tripp Umbach finds that the Institute of Agri...
2025 Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference
Oct 19, 2025 / John Hansen NFU
The 18th Annual Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference will open Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel, bringing togeth...
CCC News Release: Humanities Nebraska Speaker to Appear in Grand Island
Oct 18, 2025 / Joni Ransom
(Grand Island, Neb.) – Historian Jeff Barnes will present a program “Custer in Nebraska: The ...
Ideological Demands Put Rural Healthcare at Risk
Oct 18, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
It is now nearly one month since the House passed its clean continuing resolution to keep open the federal government. On September 19, House Repub...
Nebraska Publishes Contract with ICE to use Work Ethic Camp as ICE Detention Facility
Oct 17, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the state has published a contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utili...
Building a ‘Charlie Kirk’ Legacy
Oct 17, 2025 / By Governor Jim Pillen October 17, 2025
This country is the greatest in the history of the world – free, strong, resilient, a land of unending opportunity. The American people are b...
PSC Excellence in Leadership recipients honored
Oct 17, 2025 / Jason McFarley Public Information/Education Officer Nebraska Public Service Commission
Lincoln, October 17, 2025 - The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) is pleased to honor Carrie Gans, Assistant Director Telecommunication...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Bipartisan Shutdown Solution
Oct 17, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
We are into the third week of the Schumer Shutdown. It’s shameful that Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are holding government fundin...
The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour Coming to Grand Island
Oct 17, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — Leaders in breaking barriers and making history, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters™ today announced that Grand...
Nebraska Cooperative Council Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame
Oct 17, 2025 / Deb Mazour Office Manager & Program Coordinator Nebraska Cooperative Council
KEARNEY, NE--The 80th Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Council will be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the Younes Conference Center N...
Next hearing on unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp scheduled for October 24 The suit asserts the Governor has exceeded his authority under state law
Oct 17, 2025 / Sierra Salgado Pirigyi
LINCOLN, NE – This afternoon, Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng heard initial arguments in the lawsuit filed by Nebraska Applesee...
McCook Residents file lawsuit over unauthorized takeover of Work Ethic Camp
Oct 16, 2025 / Sierra Salgado Pirigyi Communications Director,
LINCOLN, NE - Yesterday, Nebraska Appleseed filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Red Willow County on behalf of former State Senator DiAnna Sch...
Rural Mainstreet Economy Falls to Five-Year Low
Oct 16, 2025 / Creighton University
October 2025 Survey Results at-a-Glance:*The region’s overall reading fell to its lowest level since May 2020.*For the 17th time in the past ...