Lancaster County judge hears challenge to Nebraska K-12, collegiate sports ballot measure
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A Lincoln voter refiled a challenge this week to a ballot measure seeking to cement limits on public school sports participation to student-athletes’ sex at birth after the Nebraska Supreme Court declined to hear the lawsuit. The case involves the Fairness for Girls campaign and whether language […]
University of Nebraska Medical Center breaks ground on Infectious Diseases Air Transport facility
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — A collection of officials representing the state and the University of Nebraska broke ground Friday on a new training facility at the southern edge of the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. The groundbreaking ceremony launched the first phase of a $17.4 million project building an […]
Congressional debate up in the air in Nebraska’s 1st District
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Debates for Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District are up in the air after public spats from the candidates. Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood and Democratic challenger Chris Backemeyer pointed fingers at each other after each declined particular dates to debate. Flood’s camp wanted to hold a debate […]
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds validity of state medical cannabis laws
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Nebraska’s two voter-approved medical cannabis laws following a legal challenge to the 2024 petition effort. Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke, in a 7-0, 49-page opinion, ruled against the lawsuit from former state Sen. John Kuehn of Heartwell, a longtime opponent […]
Pawnee City offered $50,000 if a person bought a house in town. So far, they’ve had one taker.
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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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