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by Fred Knapp, Reporter/Producer, NET News Nebraska Capitol (Photo by Fred Knapp, NET News) Listen to this story:  Sorry, but the video you are requesting is unavailable at this time, or unplayable on your platform! Fred Knapp, Reporter/Producer, NET News a href "https://twitter.com/fredmknapp/" img src "/sites/default/files/t+.png?" /a March 2, 2021 - 4:53pm The Legislature gave first-round approval Tuesday to allowing interest rates up to 29 percent on installment loans, despite argume...

Nebraska produced more electricity than state residents used during last months deep freeze, even as rolling blackouts shut off power across the state.

While we agree that the situation is urgent, we also believe these decisions are too important to rush - even though action has been delayed for some years and even though the State Penitentiary in Lincoln is outdated and in need of renovation. At a time when most states in the nation are lowering their inmate population, Nebraska’s prisons are dramatically and dangerously overcrowded. Our prison crowding is second in the nation only to Alabama, with 1,800 more inmates than our facilities’ ...

Omaha siblings serve together in Nebraska Legislature Follow Us Question of the Day LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Senators Cavanaugh of Nebraska; call the roll. There are two of them in the Legislature now, brother and sister, Machaela and John, both Omaha state senators. And now that makes three; John Cavanaugh, their father, served in the Legislature from 1973 to 1977 before leaving to seek and win election to the U.S. House of Representatives. TOP STORIES Machaela took her seat in th...

Bill would fund Nebraska climate change study The bill would create a report that shows climate change is affecting Nebraska and provide recommendations on what the state can do about it. and last updated 2021-02-11 20:00:19-05 LINCOLN, Neb — Eight years ago, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln created a climate change study at the behest of the Nebraska Legislature. Once the report was out, a plan was never developed. Now, there’s a push for a new, updated study that would be the prec...

Nebraska lawmakers introduced 98 measures Wednesday, the final day of bill introduction for the new legislative session. Among the proposals were LB590, sponsored by North Platte Sen. Mike Groene, which would change time periods for ballots for early voting. LB636 sponsored by Omaha Sen. John Cavanaugh would eliminate cash bail bonds, appearance bonds and related [...]

Cutting ties to Trump better late than never By Bill Knight In a “billionaire bailout” far different than 2008’s $498 billion taxpayer giveaway to banks and the rich, a growing number of wealthy and influential corporations are severing relationships with President Trump and his Republican enablers after the deadly riot at the Capitol. They’re bailing on Trump and the GOP supporters of his lie about voter fraud: 139 Members of Congress and 8 Senators who refused to certify states’ Ele...

arrow Woodbourne Correctional Facility PrisonInsight.com In ballooning outbreaks at about a third of the state’s 52 correctional facilities, nine incarcerated people have died in a three-week span and more than 1,000 incarcerated people have been infected in that time, according to a WNYC/Gothamist analysis of data from the State’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.  The rate of new infections in prisons is now twice that of the general public, the analysi...

 January 1, 2021 (UNDATED) – In August 2020, a man was arrested after he shot and killed his long-time girlfriend, a Washington County Correctional officer was arrested after having a sexual relationship with a female inmate, a French Lick man was arrested on a reckless homicide charge, Lawrence County Special Olympics wins a title, and IU President McRobbie announced his retirement. Man Arrested After Shooting And killing His Long-Time girlfriend Lawrence County Sheriff’s Depa...

Judge ginsburg will still participate in decisions by reading the transcripts as she recovers from surgery. john cavanaugh is reviewing his first decision. word just in to cnn that world trade talks with china will be extended into wednesday. negotiators need more time to discuss the issues on the agenda. its not clear how much progress is being made, although the "wall street journal" does report the two sides are, quote, narrowing their differences. president trump reported this morning th...