PLCS parents bring transportation concerns to school board
Read the full article on KMTV 3 PAPILLION, Neb. (KMTV) – Parents say the district’s current policy, which doesn’t provide busing to secondary students living within four miles of their school, creates safety and logistical challenges for families. Papillion La Vista parents are urging the school board to expand busing options for secondary students. Under […]
Migrant mom detained by ICE released on bond, per immigration judge
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — A Nebraska U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee has been reunited with her sons in Schuyler after an Omaha immigration court judge granted her release on bond while she battles deportation proceedings. Lorena Alarcon-Alarcon’s return to Schuyler followed an earlier order by a federal judge in […]
Nebraska lawmakers keep $3.5M for private school funding, vouchers ‘bridge’ program for now
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Lawmakers kept $3.5 million in Nebraska’s state budget Monday to help students using voter-repealed state funding to attend private K-12 schools with one-time “bridge” support until a new federal tax credit comes online. An amendment to Legislative Bill 1071 to remove the bridge funding and $150,000 in […]
Measure aimed at Nebraska ‘housing crisis’ clears legislative hurdle
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraska policy-makers have talked “ad nauseam” about a statewide housing and worker shortage and the need to do something about it, State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln said Monday, echoing the sentiment of several colleagues. On a 32-8 vote, the Legislature advanced legislation designed to take a […]
Nebraska group wants to limit school sports participation by sex in state constitution
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A conservative-leaning group is starting a signature-gathering effort to let Nebraska voters limit sports participation in public K-12 and college to whether a team is male, female or mixed. Fairness for Girls, the group, announced its effort Monday to get the measure on this year’s general […]
CONTRACT EXTENDED: Coach Fred Hoiberg with Nebraska through the 2031-32 season
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — UPDATE: 3 News Now has obtained, through the University, a copy of Coach Hoiberg’s employment agreement. Today, he earns a base annual, gross salary of $4,350,000. Starting April 1, 2026, his base salary will increase to $5,000,000, and increase $100,000 each year, reaching $5,500,000 […]
Nebraska braces for latest private school funding, vouchers fight, now eyeing $3.5M
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, center, smiles with local private school students after ceremoniously signing a proclamation for “National School Choice Week” in the state. Jan. 28, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraska voters in 45 of 49 legislative districts repealed the state’s last program […]
Pillen: Nebraska’s ballot measure process ‘does not represent the people speaking’
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner State Sens. Lou Ann Linehan and Justin Wayne of Omaha flank Gov. Jim Pillen after he signed into law LB 753, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, on May 30, 2023. (Courtesy of the Nebraska Governor’s Office) LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen downplayed the mandate of ballot measures in […]
Omaha forum of experts and students to delve into online and digital media dangers, safety tools
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — Panelists including students and digital media and media health experts will lead a March 10 “community conversation” in Omaha to help demystify what Nebraska teens experience online. The event, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Elkhorn North High School, will be hosted by Elkhorn […]
OPINION: Sin taxes raise money, old ideas
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner While bombs continued to burst in air far away, a proposal in the Nebraska Legislature to add a buck to a single pack of cigarettes went up in a cloud of filibustered smoke last week. The bill, LB 1124, failed to reach the magic number of 33 — […]