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A Lincoln-based group provides aerial and gridded overlay mapping for school districts across the country to use during emergency situations.

According to a new study from The Federal Reserve, the percentage of parents who say they're doing "ok" financially, significantly dropped in 2023.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen recently signed into law a measure that would end capital gains taxes on sales of gold and silver. The Cornhusker State has become the 12th state to have enacted pro-sound money legislation to protect the public from the ravages of inflation and runaway federal debt. Nebraska’s sound money bill passed out […]

UFO deniers ask for proof of these mysterious objects. It's hard to deny an image as clear as this.

LINCOLN — A new Nebraska Supreme Court decision added fuel to some lawmakers’ desire to try again, as early as this year, to increase accountability for child sexual assault and abuse. An unsigned majority of the state’s highest court, in a 4-1 opinion in Joshua v. State, issued Friday, upheld certain immunity for the Nebraska Department of […] The post Nebraska Supreme Court dismisses foster care abuse case against DHHS, expands immunity appeared first on Nebraska Ex...

UFO deniers ask for proof of these mysterious objects. It's hard to deny an image as clear as this.

LINCOLN — Approximately two dozen Nebraska National Guard members will be deployed to Elkhorn to assist with security as early as Wednesday, in the wake of last week’s tornado outbreak. Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday announced that the Guard will assist with neighborhood security after a string of tornadoes ripped through Lancaster, Douglas and Washington Counties, […] The post Pillen deploys Nebraska National Guard to assist with storm recovery, security appeared first on Nebra...

UFO deniers ask for proof of these mysterious objects. It's hard to deny an image as clear as this.

UFO deniers ask for proof of these mysterious objects. It's hard to deny an image as clear as this.

LINCOLN — Days after a wave of tornadoes hit Nebraska, Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday thanked neighbors for stepping up for one another alongside various local, state and federal supporters. Pillen said that as of Monday morning, power had been restored to nearly every home in the most heavily affected parts of eastern Nebraska, including the […] The post Gov. Pillen outlines Nebraska’s local, federal next steps following ‘war zone’ tornadoes appeared first on Nebra...