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Central Nebraska communities among those receiving DWEE Grid Resiliency Program grants
Central Nebraska Today
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Linemen at work, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today) NEBRASKA — The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE) has announced the award of over $15 million in grants to local communities to support critical infrastructure...
Students learn engineering through Build a Hut camp
Norfolk Daily News - Nebraska
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Nebraska Extension of Madison County’s annual Build a Hut summer camp competition seeks to teach sixth to eighth graders about STEM and engineering. Leonardo Gonzalez, Extension educator, said the goal of the camp — which is in its third year — is...
Nebraska Governor Approves Emergency Regulations for Medical Cannabis Market
Cannabis Business Times
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July 1, 2025
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed emergency regulations on June 29 to regulate a commercial medical cannabis marketplace following a pair of legalization measures backed by more than two-thirds of voters in the November 2024 election. Under Measure...
Nebraska Governor Approves Medical Marijuana Rules Banning Flower Access For Patients
Marijuana Moment
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July 1, 2025
“Let me be clear: This blatant disregard of their duty and the law will not be tolerated.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) has officially approved emergency rules and regulations for a regulatory commission to...
Nebraska Governor Signs Emergency Cannabis Regulations
KFAB - Nebraska
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Governor Jim Pillen approves emergency regulations adopted by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission during its most recent meeting on June 26th. The rules were required on Tuesday for the Commission to be able to accept or deny applications for...
Why a Nebraska man says he forgives his son-in-law for killing his daughter and grandsons
Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska
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EUSTIS, NEBRASKA — Lane Kugler has forgiven his son-in-law for stabbing to death his only daughter. He holds no grudge for the killing of his two teenage grandsons. He speaks compassionately about the 42-year-old who, after killing his family,...
Nebraska in the national news: June 2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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July 1, 2025
University of Nebraska–Lincoln research on short-form video messaging and synthetic skins was featured in national media outlets in June. The stories were among 30-plus national news stories featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, centers and...
Podcast #292: Social Work Without Stereotypes
Quillette
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July 7, 2025
Introduction: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m Jonathan Kay just back from a week in Brooklyn, where I attended the Heterodox Academy annual conference. Heterodox Academy, as many of you know, is a non-partisan organisation for academics who...
Nebraska: Building a Resilient Manufacturing Workforce
Industry Today
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June 30, 2025
In Lincoln, Neb., the Lincoln Manufacturing Council(LMC) addresses the industry’s employment gap and helps local companies secure talent. By Caden Pearson, Workforce Development Coordinator, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) The...
2025 Coolest Thing in Nebraska nominations now open 4 hours
KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
July 2nd, 2025 | News Release The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Nebraska Manufacturing Alliance announced today that nominations are open for the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska competition, presented by Pinnacle Bank. The competition, in...
Education and Human Sciences Dean Pedersen to retire in 2026
Oklahoma State University
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July 2, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Media Contact: Christy Lang | Director, Marketing and Communications | 405-744-9740 | christy.lang@okstate.edu Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Sciences Dean Jon E. Pedersen will retire following the...
Remains of Nebraska soldier identified 82 years after WWII death in POW camp
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (KOLN) - The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that U.S. Army Pvt. Erwin H. Schopp, 30, of Plymouth, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 24, 2025. In late...
University of Nebraska names local students on Dean’s Lists
The Chanute Tribune - Kansas
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LINCOLN, Neb. – Kyle Wesley Eggers of Neodesha has been named to the Deans’ List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the spring semester of the 2024’25 academic year. Eggers, a freshman majoring in PGA golf management, was named to the...
Army Guard engineers hone skills at historic Nebraska training site
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
MEAD TRAINING SITE, Neb. – Soldiers of the Wahoo-based 623rd Engineer Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, put their June 15-30 annual training to good use this year when they polished a variety of Soldier and engineering skills at Mead Training...
Search is on for fourth annual ‘Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska’
Nebraska Examiner
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July 2, 2025
LINCOLN — The fourth annual “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” contest has kicked off, with the 2025 nomination process now open through July. Sixteen products will be chosen from among the pool of nomination entries, by a statewide panel of...
'Financial strain': How the new Medicaid work requirements will affect Americans
KETV 7 - Nebraska
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July 7, 2025
MORE THAN 5 MILLION AMERICANS COULD LOSE MEDICAID BECAUSE OF NEWLY PASSED WORK REQUIREMENTS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M JULIE CORNELL. A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED BY HARVARD PROFESSORS ANALYZED FEDERAL DATA TO SEE WHO WOULD STILL BE...
Pillen Approves Emergency Regulations Adopted by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission 3 minutes
KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
July 2nd, 2025 | KNEB Staff Governor Jim Pillen has approved emergency regulations adopted by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission during its most recent meeting on June 26. Rules are required for the Commission to be able to accept or deny...
Rains finally come to southwestern Nebraska
Midwest Messenger - Nebraska
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By Julie Spickelmeir of Wauneta, Neb. Things look a whole different around here this summer. Last year we were wondering how many more days the pastures would last before the official start of the season even arrived. June 2025 left us with more...
Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon again in middle of fight for big Trump bill
Nebraska Examiner
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June 30, 2025
OMAHA — President Donald Trump and Republican leadership in Congress are pushing a presidential-pressured deadline of July 4 to send a “big” tax and spending bill that Trump calls “beautiful” to the president’s desk. And once again, Nebraska’s...
This Blue Valley teen uses AI to research cancer. Trump’s budget cuts could halt his work
KCUR - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Matthew Chen, a senior at Blue Valley North High School, knows the importance of cancer research firsthand — he’s been working with the University of Kansas Cancer Center for two years to look into the disease. He also joined cancer survivors and...