Today: July 08, 2024
Today: July 08, 2024

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Nebraska Democrats back Omaha activist Preston Love Jr. to challenge Ricketts for US Senate seat

Longtime Omaha community activist Preston Love Jr. has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate

Business|Economy|News

Nebraska lawmaker seeks to ban corporations from buying up single-family homes

A Nebraska lawmaker is pushing a bill to forbid out-of-state hedge funds and other corporate entities from buying up single-family properties

Education|News|Political

A Nebraska bill to subject librarians to charges for giving 'obscene material' to children fails

A bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing “obscene material” to Nebraska students in grades K-12 failed to advance Wednesday in the Legislature

Health

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.

A woman is seeking answers after the sick dog she took to a shelter to have euthanized turned up more than a year later on a rescue adoption site

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.
Education|Opinion|Political

Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails

A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence

Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails
News|Political

Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons

Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to restore of voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time

Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons
News|Political

National, state GOP figures gather in Omaha to push for winner-take-all elections in Nebraska

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is calling on Nebraska Republicans to put pressure on state lawmakers to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes

National, state GOP figures gather in Omaha to push for winner-take-all elections in Nebraska
Health|News|Political

Nebraska lawmakers to debate a bill on transgender students' access to bathrooms and sports teams

A Nebraska bill to limit transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams has advanced out of committee with just days to go until the end of the session

Nebraska lawmakers to debate a bill on transgender students' access to bathrooms and sports teams
News|Political

Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded

An outside investigator has found that a Nebraska lawmaker who invoked the name of a colleague while reading a graphic account of rape violated the body’s sexual harassment policy

Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
News|Political

Months ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska's GOP governor wants a winner-take-all system

Nebraska’s Republican governor is calling on state lawmakers to move forward with a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes

Months ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska's GOP governor wants a winner-take-all system
Education|News|Political

A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation

A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation
News|Political

A Nebraska lawmaker faces backlash for invoking a colleague's name in a graphic account of rape

A Nebraska lawmaker is facing calls for his resignation after reading a graphic account of rape that included a colleague's name on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature

A Nebraska lawmaker faces backlash for invoking a colleague's name in a graphic account of rape
Environment|News

Warm weather brings brings a taste of spring to central and western United States

A warm front is sweeping springlike weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year

Warm weather brings brings a taste of spring to central and western United States
Business|Education|News|Political

Nebraska governor reverses course and says state will take federal funding to feed children

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has reversed course and now says he will accept federal funding to help feed hungry children during the summer break

Nebraska governor reverses course and says state will take federal funding to feed children
News|Political|Technology

A Nebraska bill would hire a hacker to probe the state's computer, elections systems

Nebraska state Sen_ Loren Lippincott is touting a bill that would give the Nebraska State Patrol $200,000 to hire “an ethical hacker.”

A Nebraska bill would hire a hacker to probe the state's computer, elections systems
Business|News|Technology

Preliminary test crashes indicate the nation's guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles

Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation’s roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles

Preliminary test crashes indicate the nation's guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles
Education|News|Political|Sports

Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts

University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its football stadium in Lincoln

Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts
Health|News

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for anyone under 19 goes into effect this weekend

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

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