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Nebraska Library Commission Announces Public Library Accreditation

Jan 13, 2025 / Bailee Juroshek

Nebraska Library Commission Library Development Director Christa Porter recently announced the accreditation of thirty-eight public libraries acros...

Gov. Pillen Joins Republican Governors Advocating Passage of DOGE Efficiencies

Jan 13, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has joined 25 other Republican governors in a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majori...

Legislative Round-Up: Week of Jan. 8

Jan 13, 2025 / Josie Golka, Nebraska News Service

LINCOLN--The 109th Nebraska Legislature convened last week for the first days of the 2025 session to swear in newly elected state senators, elect c...

Gov. Pillen, Sen. Kauth and Athletes Introduce Stand With Women Act

Jan 11, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen joined state senators and female athletes announcing the Stand With Women Act (LB89). Senator Kathle...

Safeguarding American Sovereignty

Jan 11, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

Ensuring the United States meets challenges we face around the world is a demanding but vital task. Dispute resolution and advanced international c...

Nebraska December 2024 Grain and Hay Stocks

Jan 10, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 10, 2025 - Nebraska corn stocks in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 1.36 billion bushels, up 1% from 2023, acco...

Nebraska 2024 Annual Crop Production Summary

Jan 10, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 10, 2025 - Corn for grain production in Nebraska based on year-end surveys is estimated at 1.80 billion bushels, up 4% f...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Holding Criminal Illegal Aliens Accountable

Jan 10, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

The federal government has a fundamental responsibility to secure our borders. President Biden utterly failed to do that. Criminal illegal aliens h...

Human Trafficking Awareness Month Proclamation and Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force Report

Jan 10, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

AUDIO OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE CAN BE HEARD BELOW.Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers, Governor Jim Pillen, and Colonel John Bolduc gathered in the...

Nebraska Delegation Celebrates Enactment of Legislation Led by Smith, Ricketts to Honor Late Third District Representatives

Jan 10, 2025 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), along with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) ...

Ricketts Shares Proven Solutions to Cut Waste and Make the Federal Government Work Better

Jan 10, 2025 / Ian Swanson

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) shared Nebraska’s successes in cutting waste and ma...

Senator Lippincott Introduces Winner-Take-All at the Request of Governor Pillen

Jan 9, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – At the request of Governor Jim Pillen, Senator Loren Lippincott today introduced LB3 to restore Nebraska to a winner-take-all s...

Three Arrested After Pursuit in Morrill County

Jan 9, 2025 / NSP

January 8, 2025 (Scottsbluff, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested three people following a pursuit in western...

Illinois Man Arrested After Central Nebraska Pursuit

Jan 8, 2025 / NSP

January 7, 2025 (Kearney, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person following a pursuit in central Nebra...

McCook City Council Meeting

Jan 7, 2025 / Josh Keenportz

The first city council meeting of 2025.

The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific Proclaimed the 2025 One Book One Nebraska

Jan 7, 2025 / Bailee Juroshek

On Jan. 7, 2025 Governor Jim Pillen signed a proclamation honoring 2025 One Book One Nebraska: The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pac...

2024 Recap: Kids, Taxes, Agriculture & Values

Jan 7, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen

January 6, 2024 2024 was an excellent year for Nebraska. We stood strong for property tax relief, took steps to grow agricultural production, ...

Briese Announces New State Spending Website

Jan 7, 2025 / Charles Isom, Director of Communications

(Lincoln, NE) Today Nebraska Treasurer Tom Briese invited Nebraskans interested in examining how state dollars are spent to visit the new and impro...

Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report

Jan 6, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 6, 2025 - For the week ending January 5, 2025, topsoil moisture supplies rated 17% very short, 41% short, 41% adequate, and 1...

RTC inmate death

Jan 6, 2025 / Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

January 6, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Lee Dunbar #87302, age 73, died today at the Reception and Treatment Center. Dunbar’s sentence began...

Gov. Pillen Announces Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska State Poet

Jan 6, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen designated Jewel Rodgers of Omaha as Nebraska’s new state poet. Her work, along with that from...

Community Hospital Health Foundation Welcomes New Board Member

Jan 6, 2025 / Community Hospital

McCook, Neb. — Community Hospital Health Foundation is proud to announce the appointment of Michal Swanson to its Board of Directors. Sw...

Firearm Was Discharged in Family Dispute in Frontier County

Jan 6, 2025 / Frontier Co Sheriff's Office

On January 3, 2025, at around 1250 A.M. the Frontier County Sheriff's Office was advised of a disturbance on Hwy 83 where a firearm was discharged....

Recommitting to Conservative Priorities in a New Congress

Jan 3, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

A new year brings a valuable chance to reflect on the accomplishments of the previous year and prepare for the opportunities ahead in the next. Thi...

Smith, Moran Introduce Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

Jan 3, 2025 / Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protectio...