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Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

Nov 4, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. November 4, 2024 - For the week ending November 3, 2024, there were 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's Nat...

Lori Palik, director of nursing at the Reception and Treatment Center, works closely with hospice volunteers to addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of incarcerated individuals who have a terminal diagnosis.

NDCS Launches Hospice Care Volunteer Program

Nov 4, 2024 / NDCS

November 4, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has launched a program aimed at bringing transform...

Gov. Pillen Announces Appointments to Boards & Commissions

Nov 4, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced appointments made to boards and commissions from June 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024.A...

Growing a Brighter, More Prosperous Future

Nov 2, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

The American economy is powered by innovation and the hard-working Americans who faithfully do their jobs every day. The role of the federal govern...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Celebrating Nebraska Manufacturing

Nov 2, 2024 / Pete Ricketts

Manufacturing is critical for Nebraska’s economy. It contributes $21.6 billion to our annual gross domestic product. That’s a 57% incre...

Caption: Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC vice chancellor for research

UNMC research continues to reach new levels

Nov 2, 2024 / UNMC

UNMC research continues to grow, with total research expenditures increasing by 8% to $217.7 million in fiscal year 2024, the largest total in UNMC...

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

Nov 2, 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...

Troopers Encourage Safety as Huskers Return to Action in Lincoln

Nov 2, 2024 / NSP

November 1, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — After several weeks on the road, the Huskers return home to Memorial Stadium and the Nebraska State ...

Kristen Labadie/University Communication and Marketing

Poll Shows Most Rural Nebraskans have Economic Concerns

Nov 2, 2024 / Becky Vogt, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication

Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 1, 2024 — Most rural Nebraskans are at least somewhat concerned about their household’s cost of living, income ...

October’s Mid-America Manufacturing Index Turns Positive Even as Job Losses Continue

Nov 1, 2024 / Creighton University

October 2024 Survey Highlights:*For the fifth time this year, the overall, or Business Conditions Index, rose above growth neutral.Almost four of 1...

2023 Irrigation and Water Management data now available

Oct 31, 2024 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. October 31, 2024 - There were 212,714 farms with 53.1 million irrigated acres, which included 81 million acre-feet of water appl...

Gov. Pillen to Administer Enlistment Oath During Husker Football Halftime

Oct 31, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen will be joined by officers from the Nebraska National Guard in administering the Oath of Enlistment to more...

MPCC Ogallala Campus Administrator Mary Pierce (left) and MPCC Dean of Outreach Gail Knott are pictured with a check for $20,000 awarded to the college from the Ratcliffe Foundation after a successful pitch about the MPCC Ready-to-Work: Building Construction Homes for Heroes program during the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Innovation in the Heartland Annual Conference.

MPCC’s ready-to-work program in Ogallala recognized nationally

Oct 30, 2024 / Jennifer Fuller

Mid-Plains Community College Ogallala Campus’ Ready-to-Work: Building Construction Homes for Heroes program received a funding boost followin...

Nebraska Celebrates Oct. 30 As Buckle Up Phone Down Day

Oct 30, 2024 / NDOT

Oct. 30, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Today, Governor Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) join other Departments o...

Educators Health Alliance Sets 2025-26 School Year Rates

Oct 30, 2024 / NSEA

Lincoln, NE – Oct. 30, 2024 – There will be an overall increase of 5.49% in premiums next year for the medical and dental insurance pla...

Waugh Named Interim President at Peru State

Oct 30, 2024 / Judi Yorges, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Communications

PERU, NE – The Chancellor of the Nebraska State College System has appointed Dr. Wendy Waugh as Interim President of Peru State College, effe...

PSC Cold Weather Rule In Effect

Oct 30, 2024 / PSC

Lincoln, October 30, 2024- Winter months can be trying, that’s why the Nebraska Public ServiceCommission (PSC) is reminding customers s...

Heavy Traffic Returns With Husker Gameday

Oct 30, 2024 / NDOT

Oct. 30, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Nebraska football returns to Lincoln this weekend for the first home game in nearly a month. With the re...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminder: IRS and Security Summit supply online safety tips

Oct 30, 2024 / Craig Childs IRS Media Relations

WASHINGTON – As National Cybersecurity Awareness Month concludes and preparation for next tax season begins, the Internal Revenue Service and...

Holly Hatton-Bowers with UNL and Nebraska Extension discusses the state’s child care crisis Tuesday during an event announcing a new initiative to address this issue. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)

This must change’: UNK initiative targets state’s early childhood workforce shortage

Oct 30, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications

KEARNEY – Every Nebraskan must have access to quality, affordable early childhood education. That statement from University of Nebraska at K...

NCTA Hosts Inaugural Precision Ag Conference

Oct 30, 2024 / By NCTA News Andela Taylor

Curtis, NE– On November 21, 2024, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) will host the inaugural Precision Ag Conference, an op...

Olsen to present ‘Willa Cather Writes the Immigrant Experience in Rural Nebraska’ at Hastings College

Oct 29, 2024 / Michael Howie Hastings College

(Hastings, Nebraska) – Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement at the Willa Cather Foundation, will present, “Willa Cather W...

Attorney General Hilgers Joins Brief Asking Supreme Court to Expedite High-Profile Voter-Registration Case

Oct 29, 2024 / AG

Attorney General Hilgers joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remov...

Passenger side of a Nebraska State Patrol Cruiser with a sun set in the background.

Troopers Locate 38 LBs of Methamphetamine Near Hershey

Oct 29, 2024 / NSP

October 29, 2024 (North Platte, Neb.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested three people after locating 38 pounds of ...

Peru State President’s Evans Announces Retirement

Oct 29, 2024 / Press Release

PERU – Dr. Michael Evans, President of Peru State College, has announced his intention to retire, in a letter addressed to the Chancellor of ...