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A Republic, If You Can Reform It: Dismantling Party Gatekeeping

American Thinker · June 30, 2025

The United States was not founded on a system of entrenched political parties. The Founders explicitly warned against them. Yet today, citizens are forced into a party-dominated system -- just to vote, run for office, or even observe the process...

Cutting Medicaid Health Care Is Personal To Nebraskans

MENAFN · June 27, 2025

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) OMAHA, Neb., June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Bird, President & CEO, Connected Roots Care Center (CRCC) , shares Op Ed on the consequences of cutting Medicaid. Every morning, I watch families come through the doors of our...

Nebraska colleges, saying they have little choice, are axing scholarships that favored immigrants, single moms, LGBTQ students

Flatwater Free Press - Nebraska · June 26, 2025

Bob Benzel had quite a few people on his mind in 2019. The students who the former Ralston High School art teacher watched drop out after becoming pregnant. His mother, who, in her late 30s, earned her GED and associate’s degree while raising four...

Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh kicks off his run for Congress

KETV 7 - Nebraska · June 26, 2025

Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh hopes to move from the Unicameral to Washington D.C.On Wednesday, he kicked off his congressional campaign."Running for Congress because we need a federal government that is actually going to work to create jobs,...

Sam Morrow of Rohnert Park named to spring Deans’ List at Nebraska

Community Voice - California ·

Sam Alexander Morrow of Rohnert Park has been named to the Deans' List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Morrow, a senior majoring in grassland systems, was named to the Dean's List for the...

A Nebraska crypto company wants to get bigger. Landowners decry NPPD’s use of eminent domain that will help it grow

News Channel Nebraska - Central ·

“I 100% understand where they're coming from and do not like eminent domain either,” Westhoff said. “But the flip side of that is how would we ever build anything anywhere? There would be no railroads, there would be no highways, there would be no...

Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Insider Monkey · June 27, 2025

Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript June 26, 2025 Lindsay Corporation beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $1.78, expectations were $1.36. Operator: Good day and welcome to the Lindsay Corporation’s Fiscal Third...

Nebraska State Auditor says state employees are ‘gallivanting, joyriding’ on taxpayers’ dime

KOLN - Nebraska · June 25, 2025

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Out of the roughly 4,000 vehicles owned by the State of Nebraska, 1,200 are maintained as a fleet for use by state employees on an as-needed basis. And state statute is clear — those vehicles can only be used for government...

Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission Proposal Will ‘Destroy Patient Access,’ Advocates Say

Marijuana Moment · June 25, 2025

“I believe it is another direct and intentional step that they are taking to absolutely destroy patient access to medical cannabis.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner It’s unclear what requirements the state commission to regulate medical...

Nebraska celebrates Dairy Month with a toast to farmers' hard work

KHGI - Nebraska ·

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — According to the CDC and dietary surveys 20% of adults in the US consume milk daily. Milk and lactose products are widely recognized as important sources of nutrients typically low in the American diet, including vitamin D,...

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum awards $1.6 million in forestry grants

KNOP - Nebraska · June 25, 2025

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (NSA) has awarded $1.6 million in urban and community forestry grants to 13 recipients across Nebraska. According to a press release from the NSA, the grants are part of $10 million in...

A Nebraska crypto company wants to get bigger. Landowners decry NPPD’s use of eminent domain that will help it grow.

Flatwater Free Press - Nebraska · June 27, 2025

Justin Kennedy had long envisioned more than a cornfield when he gazed at the plot of family land a half-mile from where he grew up. It was “the perfect setup” for building his dream retirement house in rural Stanton County. He planted a...

Nebraska auditor details continued ‘widespread misuse’ of state vehicles to stores, private errands

Nebraska Examiner · June 25, 2025

LINCOLN — The Nebraska auditor on Wednesday flagged “widespread misuse” of state-owned vehicles — including allegations of an employee taking multiple trips to his family’s vineyard and winery and another in which a worker used a state car to...

Nebraska’s Nontraditional Ag Teachers Help Fill a Critical Shortage 2 hours

KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska · June 25, 2025

Nebraska needs ag teachers and the traditional path isn’t producing enough of them fast enough. That’s why the state has created flexible routes to the classroom for those like Emily Kammerer who went to work for an ag organization after college....

Missionary appeals connect Nebraskans with global needs

American Catholic Tribune · June 27, 2025

Rev. James D. Conley, D.D., S.T.L. | Diocese of Lincoln website Between now and September 15, every parish in the Diocese of Lincoln will host a visit from a missionary. These visits are part of an initiative to raise financial support for various...

'Essential resource': Nebraska lawmakers write letter to senators to protect SNAP

KETV 7 - Nebraska · June 27, 2025

BECAUSE OF THE LAB LOCATED AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE. MORE THAN A DOZEN NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO FIGHT OFF POTENTIAL CUTS TO SNAP IN THE NATIONAL BUDGET BILL. THEY’VE SIGNED ON TO A LETTER SENT TO SENATOR PETE RICKETTS AND DEB...

Nebraska voters get a chance in 2026 to ammend term limits

Cedar County News - Nebraska · June 25, 2025

Back in the day, I used to shake my head while watching state lawmakers work late into the night – sometimes till midnight – to get legislation passed at the end of a session. “You couldn’t pay me enough to do that kind of work for 12- to 15...

Texas governor bans sale of cultivated meat

WATT Poultry - Illinois · June 26, 2025

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that would make it illegal in the Lone Star State to sell or offer for sale cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, for human consumption. Abbott, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 261 on June 20, and it...

Nebraska’s 3% unemployment rate is unchanged from last month and sixth lowest nationally

Nebraska Examiner · June 24, 2025

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s latest monthly unemployment rate is 3% — unchanged from the previous month and showing a pattern that returns the rate more steadily to pre-COVID 19 pandemic levels. According to May data released Tuesday, the preliminary...

Judge dismisses federal preemption case against Nebraska medical cannabis laws

Nebraska Examiner · June 26, 2025

LINCOLN — A Lancaster County District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to void Nebraska’s medical cannabis laws on the grounds that they violate federal laws against marijuana. Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong, in a 16-page...