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U.S. education secretary’s Nebraska visit highlights K-12 literacy, workforce needs

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pilen talk with reporters during a visit to Hamlow Elementary School in Waverly, Nebraska. April 9, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) WAVERLY, Neb. — One day after the Legislature failed to advance a bill requiring local school policies addressing literacy […]

Omaha planning board approves rezoning for 34 unit apartment complex in Loveland

Read the full article on KMTV 3 Planning Board approved rezoning in Loveland 34 unit apartment complex planned near 78th and Pacific BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – A home near 78th and Pacific in Loveland may soon be demolished to make way for a 34 unit apartment complex. The Planning Board approved a zoning […]

Bill to expand support for struggling Nebraska K-3 readers falls to filibuster

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A legislative bill to require Nebraska public schools to increase support for struggling young readers and students with dyslexia fell two votes short Wednesday. Legislative Bill 1050, a priority of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen with support from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, failed on a 31-4 vote. […]

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Another rocky episode is unfolding in the saga of Nebraska’s Good Life District Act — this time in Grand Island.  Grand Island contains one of the five state-approved good life districts governed by legislation aimed at creating tourism-boosting economic development projects via a state tax incentive. […]