Pillen, Evnen, county election officials call for changes to Nebraska petition circulator laws
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, Secretary of State Bob Evnen and multiple county election officials are calling for changes to petitioning in the state amid multiple investigations of possibly fraudulent signatures statewide. Evnen said petitioners submitted about 767,000 signatures for review across 17 separate petitions this year. […]
Gold argues for more state money for university, despite Nebraska’s financial woes
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold sought Thursday to make the case for NU’s request for more money in the state budget as the Nebraska Legislature braces to address the state’s financial woes in the upcoming legislative session. In his State of the University speech, Gold […]
To practice journalism today ‘is an act of faith’: A chat with writer and FlatFest guest George Packer
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OPINION: In tackling the childcare challenge, Nebraska’s advantage is working together
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner When a community is facing a challenge as complicated as early childhood, it is easy to ask who is responsible for solving it. Do we look to government? Nonprofits? Businesses? Philanthropy? From my perspective as the economic development specialist at Nebraska Public Power District, I have learned that […]
Crowded classrooms: Omaha Public Schools has worst student-teacher ratio in metro area and in state
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