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Platte Institute Provides Testimony on LB 1, Aimed to Lower Property Taxes
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE — Today, the Platte Institute is providing testimony on LB 1, Governor Pillen’s bill aimed to lower property taxes during the...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 30, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 29, 2024 - For the week ending July 28, 2024, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National ...
Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease
Jul 30, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Dave Aiken, UNL ag economists
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...
Gov. Pillen Requests Federal Aid for May 20 – June 3 Storms
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has requested a federal disaster declaration from President Joe Biden, due to damage resulting from a serie...
Troopers Find 77 LBs of Meth in Traffic Stop Near York
Jul 29, 2024 / NSP
JULY 29, 2024 (YORK, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol located 77 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and arrested two pe...
Platte Institute Testifies in Special Session
Jul 29, 2024 / Platte Institute
Platte Institute Testifies on LB 7, LB 9, LB 10, and LB 11 as Special Session Committee Hearings Begin.OMAHA, NE — Today the Platte Institute...
Open Sky Gives Its Perpspective on Special Session Bills
Jul 29, 2024 / Open Sky
The Nebraska Legislature convened in special session last week and began bill introduction, which will continue through Monday. Also beginning Mond...
News Release: Fatal Crash - Buffalo County
Jul 29, 2024 / Bradley Hall, Sergeant Buffalo County Sheriff's Office
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of an adult male driver. The crash occurred at appr...
An Important Moment for the U.S.-Israel Alliance
Jul 26, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
As the Israel-Hamas War continues, 111 of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas terrorists in the October 7th attacks remain in Gaza. This week, in south...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Jul 26, 2024 / Pr
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...History Nebraska welcomes Cindy Drake as new interim Executive Director
Jul 26, 2024 / History NE
Lincoln, NE - 07/26/2024 - History Nebraska, Nebraska's state agency tasked with collecting, preserving and sharing the state's history, is pleased...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: I Stand with Israel Against Iran & Hamas Terrorists
Jul 26, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently came to Washington to address Congress. The Prime Minister’s remarks were an important rem...
Governor and AG Issue Statements on Court’s Ruling to Uphold LB574
Jul 26, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE -- Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement regarding the Nebraska Supreme Court’s decision upholding LB574, whi...
New Faculty Rooted in the Region
Jul 25, 2024 / By NCTA News
The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) is excited to announce the hiring of Reagan Skow as the new associate professor of Agribusines...
Attorney General Hilgers Announces Victory in Stopping Biden Administration’s Title IX Rule
Jul 25, 2024 / AG
LINCOLN – Attorney General Hilgers announces the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a preliminary injun...
Ricketts, Smith React to Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress
Jul 25, 2024 / Press Release
Ricketts Statement on Israeli Prime Minister’s SpeechWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senat...
Governor Pillen Announces Two Appointments
Jul 25, 2024 / Press Release
Gov. Pillen Announces Appointment to The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the appo...
Gov. Pillen Calls Special Session to Fix the State’s Property Tax Crisis
Jul 24, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued a proclamation calling for a special session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature. The session w...
Smith Lauds Bipartisan Child Welfare Reform Advanced by Ways and Means
Jul 24, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after the Committee on Ways and Means passed bipar...
Smith, Edwards Introduce Bill to End Unlawful IRS Direct File Program
Jul 23, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced the IRS Overreach Prevention Act. The legislation...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 23, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 22, 2024 - For the week ending July 21, 2024, there were 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National ...
UNMC named among top U.S. medical schools for primary care training
Jul 23, 2024 / UNMC
2024 rankings from U.S. news and World report also list UNMC high for rural practitioners, research. In its latest rankings of top U.S. medical sc...
Governor Jim Pillen issues ‘statement of principles’ ahead of Special Legislative Session
Jul 23, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Ahead of this week’s special session aimed at addressing Nebraska’s escalating property tax crisis, Governor Jim Pi...
Hilgers Leads a Coalition of Attorneys General Opposing Rescheduling of Marijuana
Jul 23, 2024 / AG
Lincoln -- On Monday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of eleven States in submitting a public comment letter opposing the Biden Admin...
Nebraska to be awarded $307 million by EPA, largest ever received by NDEE
Jul 22, 2024 / NDEE
LINCOLN, Neb. — Governor Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) have announced the receipt of a sizeable gra...