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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...
Epson Unveils Full Line of Seventh Generation EcoTank Cartridge-Free Supertank Printing Solutions
The AI Journal
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July 7, 2025
New EcoTank ET-3950 and ET-4950 Join Line of EcoTank Models Delivering Seven Generations of Innovation and Performance LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Epson America, Inc. is setting a new standard for printing with the launch of...
Contributor: How Trump is purging and purifying the GOP
Los Angeles Times
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July 7, 2025
Forget the doomsday predictions about what President Trump’s cuts might do — his “Big Beautiful Bill” has already notched its first major casualty: Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican. Tillis, who couldn’t support a bill that would kick...
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...
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...
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...
UNO’s Jaci Lindburg Selected for Leadership Nebraska Class XVII
University of Nebraska Omaha
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July 1, 2025
Jaci Lindburg, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor of Innovative and Learning-Centric Initiatives (ILCI) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), has been selected to join Leadership Nebraska Class XVII, a prestigious statewide leadership...
Nebraska’s head of the Department of Economic Development to resign
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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June 29, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s director of the Department of Economic Development, K.C. Belitz, is set to resign in July, Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday. A statement from Gov. Pillen’s office said Belitz will resign from his position effective...
Why is Trump going after unauthorized workers, not their employers?
Fond du Lac Reporter - Wisconsin
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Pam Fendt understands well how immigrant workers fuel the economy. She is the president of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, and she used to work in the construction industry. Plus, her family is from a small Iowa town with a meatpacking plant. At...
Ten Bizarre Things Hidden in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
The American Prospect
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July 7, 2025
We’re bidding farewell to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” as the Republican tax and spending bill was passed and signed by President Trump last week. Well, everyone, it’s official. Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act passed the House last Thursday...
Trump Administration Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Nationwide
Oklahoma Watch
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July 7, 2025
Sign up today for First Watch! Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office...
UNL research informs new agricultural policies
KHGI - Nebraska
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LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) is playing a pivotal role in shaping agricultural research and policy. With years of experience gathering insights from producers across diverse...
UNO’s Biomechanics Research Center is Gifted an Expansion, Dr. Nick Stergiou Explains What That Means for Our Health
KIOS - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
UNO has celebrated an expansion that will house the Center for Cardiovascular Research in Biomechanics with a ceremonial groundbreaking for a $17.1 million addition. The original Biomechanics Research Building opened in the fall of 2013, putting...
Nominations now being accepted for the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska
Central Nebraska Today
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2025 Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska competition, (Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, Courtesy) LINCOLN — The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Nebraska Manufacturing Alliance announced today that nominations are open for the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in...
Nebraska Volleyball's Harper Murray pens heartfelt note as Team USA player receives major honor for the second time
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
Harper Murray recently showed her love and admiration for Olivia Babcock as the latter received the Division 1 AVCA Player of the Year Award. Babcock showed a remarkable performance, recording 538 kills throughout her Sophomore year. She also set...
‘Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska’ nominations now open
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Nebraska Manufacturing Alliance announced Tuesday that nominations are open for the 2025 “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” competition, presented by Pinnacle Bank. The competition, in its...
Pillen approves Nebraska emergency medical cannabis regulations, applications now sought
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has officially approved emergency rules and regulations for a regulatory commission to begin licensing medical cannabis establishments no later than Oct. 1. The regulations had to go...
Rebalancing the Scale: Fixing Nebraska’s Broken Tax Code – Why Sales Tax Reform is a Fairer Alternative to our Obsession with Property Taxes.
Strictly Business - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
Definition of Regressive- taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. I know some of you might be thinking it, but I promise I’m not delusional about this issue. I am fully aware that we don’t have a lot of options in terms...
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...
New center will address rural attorney shortage, support Nebraska children
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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July 1, 2025
In a major step toward improving legal support for vulnerable children and families, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents recently approved the launch of the Nebraska Children’s Justice and Legal Advocacy Center, a new initiative focused on...