Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/29/2023 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Members of a watchdog group are labeling a letter penned by Gov. Jim Pillen to the Nebraska Environmental Trust Board as “unusual” and as “political interference.”
Pillen gave final approval in August to an update of the rules and regulations that govern the Trust, which doles out about $20 million a year in grants to environmental, conservation and research groups.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 5:00am
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has died, according to the Carter Center, leaving a rich legacy of championing mental health and women’s rights.
She will be buried at the ranch house in Plains she and former President Jimmy Carter built in 1961. She died Sunday just days after the family announced she had entered hospice at the home.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 4:00am
In 2016, California Democratic state Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva sat with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown at an event where he signed baseball-type cards featuring the image of his dog, Colusa.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 5:00am
Michaela Kelly knew it’d be hard to get her kids back. The 34-year-old tried to chip away at the obstacles — addiction, abusive relationships, mental illness — that led the State of Nebraska to place her three children in foster care.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 4:00am
LINCOLN — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska stands to receive 1,600 acres of land that was taken a half century ago for a recreation area that never materialized.
The land, on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, would be returned under a bill introduced recently in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and her fellow Iowa and Nebraska senators — Pete Ricketts, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 3:00am
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education has gotten a lot of attention lately. And for good reason – job openings utilizing STEM skills are projected to increase between 8-10% over the next ten years — more than twice the rate of other careers.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 11/08/2023 - 5:00am
Louise Mabulo, the founder of the Cacao project, called on students to use their voices to advocate for food sustainability on Sept. 29 during the 7th annual Nebraska Youth Climate Summit.
“Sustainable farming has always existed. It has just been cast aside in the pursuit of fast, easy and cheap food,” Mabulo said.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 11/08/2023 - 3:00am
Brian Jorde said most people didn’t think he or his clients had much of a chance to stop a pair of carbon dioxide pipelines after the plans were announced two years ago.
“‘You all are a nuisance. We all know this is getting permitted.’ That has been the attitude of these pipelines since day one, and here we are,” Jorde said.