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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
May 2, 2025 / 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...
Summer Literacy Training Aimed to Help Teachers
May 2, 2025 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications
The Nebraska Department of Education and the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council, in partnership with Institute for Learning & Resear...
Advocates Decry Provisions Amended into LB 530
May 2, 2025 / Samantha Livermore
LINCOLN, NE – Advocacy groups spoke out against the Legislature's vote today to move a criminal and juvenile justice package from general fil...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working Hard for Nebraska
May 2, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Our country faces many threats. Communist China is our greatest external threat. Our $36 trillion national debt is our greatest domestic threat. Ov...
Paul Schaub Joins the Attorney General's Office in Ogallala
May 2, 2025 / Heather Buell
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce that Paul Schaub is joining the Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney ge...
Revised Burn Ban Provides Exception to Irrigation Districts
May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has revised a burn ban to allow fire chiefs discretion in granting burn permits to irrigation districts so ...
Ricketts Leads Resolution Announcing Renewable Fuels Month
May 2, 2025 / Noah Sadlier
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a bipartisan ...
Gov. Pillen Announces Chief Bryan Waugh to Lead Nebraska State Patrol
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
Listen to press conference below. LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Chief Bryan Waugh as the next su...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Cody Barnett has joined the Nebraska Department of Justice as its next Solicitor General.
May 1, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
“Our office has a history of elite Solicitors General. Our previous Solicitor General is in a prominent position in President Trump’s D...
Governor Pillen's Pro-Water, Pro-Ag Legislation Advances
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 317, which will form the Departme...
Minimum Wage Adjustment Bill Advances at the Legislature.
May 1, 2025 / KRGI News
A bill to adjust the minimum wage advance at the legislature. Here's the statement of intent for the bill: The following constitutes the reasons ...
Renewable Fuels Month Highlights Importance of Biofuels for Nebraska
May 1, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications
LINCOLN, Nebraska — As the summer driving season kicks off in May, Nebraskans are encouraged to fuel up on clean and cost-saving biofuels. Re...
Gov. Pillen Announces Chairperson Cotton Retirement from Parole Board
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the retirement of Rosalyn Cotton from the Board of Parole. Cotton has served on the ...
Nebraska Attorney General's Office Issues Consumer Alert Regarding Cryptocurrency Scams
Apr 30, 2025 / Laura Strimple
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is issuing a consumer alert to the public following a surge in reports of romance scams and cryptocurrency-b...
State Patrol Arrests Three Inmates for Attempted Murder
Apr 30, 2025 / NSP
April 30, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested three inmates for their roles in an assault...
Gov. Pillen Issues New Executive Order on Burn Ban
Apr 29, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has issued a new executive order stipulating that central and western Nebraska remain under a burn ba...
Governor Pillen Proclaims May as “Beef Month” in Nebraska
Apr 29, 2025 / Governor Pillen Proclaims May as “Beef Month” in Nebraska
Lincoln, NE (April 29, 2025) – Governor Jim Pillen has officially proclaimed May as “Beef Month” in Nebraska, recognizing the ess...
Two Arrested After Stolen Pickup, Stolen Guns Recovered in Pursuit
Apr 29, 2025 / NSP
April 29, 2025 (Sidney, Neb.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people following a pursuit involving a stolen...
Minden Opera House Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Apr 29, 2025 / Marcy Brandt
(Minden, Nebraska) Twenty-five years ago, on Memorial Day Weekend, the Minden Opera House reopened its newly renovated doors as the premier a...
Pillen Applauds Trump’s First 100 Days
Apr 29, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE -- Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement regarding the first 100 days of President Donald J. Trump’s second ...
NSP Sees 36% Increase in Applications, Applications Open Until Friday
Apr 29, 2025 / NSP
April 29, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The window is open again to join the Nebraska State Patrol in 2025. After a big increase in applicatio... (1)-2025-04-28-21-18-47.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Applications Now Open for Nebraska LEAD Program’s 44th Cohort
Apr 28, 2025 / Kurtis Harms, Director, Nebraska LEAD Program
Lincoln, Neb., April 28 — Individuals passionate about agriculture, leadership and making a difference across Nebraska are encouraged to appl...
E15 Sale Allowed This Summer
Apr 28, 2025 / Press Release
Ricketts Statement on E15 Announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and P...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Apr 28, 2025 / USDA
NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION LINCOLN, Neb. April 28, 2025 - For the week ending April 27, 2025, there were 5.1 days suitable for fiel...
Domestic Assault in Lincoln County
Apr 28, 2025 / Jerome J. Kramer Lincoln County Sheriff
On 4-26-25, at 1 AM, deputies were dispatched to a domestic assault at the Lincoln RV Park on Rodeo Road, just west of North Platte. The repo...