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Nebraska Update

Nebraska Public Media

From the Capitol to your community, Nebraska Public Media’s local journalists bring you top stories and essential context every weekday morning.

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0:51

Nebraska state park opens reservations early for the...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/07

For the first time, Fort Kearny Historical Park and State Recreation Area will open reservations early for visitors to see the spring sandhill crane migration.

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1:07

Construction begins on Nebraska's new prison

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/06

Nebraska has given Hausmann Construction a notice to proceed on building a new prison, with "substantial completion" due in August, 2028.

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1:02

A Nebraska Medicine patient becomes first to receive...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/05

A Nebraska Medicine patient has become the first person in the world to receive a new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The potential breakthrough treatment is part of a clinical trial that has, so far, been deemed effective.

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0:59

Mike Flood met with boisterous opposition at Lincoln...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/05

Congressman Mike Flood’s third town hall of the year was his biggest, and arguably most contentious one yet. The 850-seat Kimball Recital Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus was filled with a crowd that wasted no time vocalizing their criticisms of the representative. Following an invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and performance of ‘God Bless America,’ Flood began touting the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that he and 217 of his fellow Republicans voted for last month. “I truly believe that

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4:24

Supervillians beware, Comic Con Nebraska is here

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/04

Comic Con Nebraska held its inaugural event at Omaha’s C-H-I Health Center this weekend. The con was host to artists, authors, vendors and even an arcade, but according to those attending the con, it was more than that.

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1:06

Objections raised to bans smoking, flavoring of cannabis

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/04

Testifiers at a public hearing objected to regulations prohibiting smoking and flavoring of medical cannabis.

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1:04

NU project to publish Walt Whitman’s journalism...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/08/04

The University of Nebraska was selected to receive a grant to continue its work uncovering and publicizing the journalistic writings of famed poet Walt Whitman. The National Endowment for the Humanities selected the project as one of 97 recipients across the country receiving grants for August 2025. The university will receive $300,000 over the course of three years for its research.

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4:40

Changes to Medicaid complicate process for those with...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/31

With the passage of the expansive tax-and-spending bill, changes to Medicaid are coming. One of those changes is the addition of an 80-hour-a-month work requirement, something proponents say will help incentivize those on Medicaid to work. Others say it's not that simple, particularly for those who are disabled.

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0:51

Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/31

Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor

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0:53

Husker volleyball eyes 2025 season with practice...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/31

Husker volleyball begins preseason practice Thursday, in the first year of Dani Busboom Kelly leading the program. The Big Red returns much of the talent from the 2024 Final Four team, Director of Operations Lindsay Peterson said.

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0:54

Benson’s New Americans Arts Festival highlights a new...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/31

Benson is hosting its New Americans Arts Festival today, and organizers say it has a new meaning this year.

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1:18

Nebraska's prison contractor sues Iowa authorities in...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/30

Hausmann Construction sues Woodbury County Iowa and its Law Enforcement Center Authority over costly delays in building Sioux City jail.

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5:12

How John Cook went from a Calif. kid to a rural...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/30

The changing of the guard is well underway for the University of Nebraska volleyball. Practice starts Thursday. It will be the first season this century when someone other than John Cook will coach and lead the program. Cook, a four-time national champion coach who retired in January, now spends more time on his acreage in Wyoming.

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4:23

Engagement, sustainability help child care shortage...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/28

Data shows a need for more than 12,000 child care spots across Nebraska. Communities across the state have utilized various tools and approaches to address the gap in their area. Child care leaders see engagement from most, if not all, stakeholders in the community as a common denominator of success.

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1:09

North Platte battles housing issues with economic...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/28

North Platte is struggling with housing issues. Community leaders say the problem has been occurring for decades. With a new surge in economic development and employers moving into the city, the need for housing has been exacerbated.

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3:37

Your food traveled a long way before reaching the...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/28

The interest in local food systems, like farmer’s markets and direct farm-to-consumer sales, is on the rise. But the U.S. is still more reliant on imported foods than ever before.

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1:01

Creighton Prep alum's motion denied in Federal suit...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/25

In a lawsuit pitting former Creighton Prep football player Jack Hasz against the NCAA, the U.S. District Court in Omaha ruled against Hasz’s motion for preliminary injunction. Senior District Judge Joseph Battaillon submitted the ruling Thursday.

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1:12

Playing with Fire back is in Omaha

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/24

Omaha non-profit ‘Playing with Fire’ is putting on their 21st Playing with Fire event this Friday and Saturday. The event, held for the first time inside the Slowdown, will host 6 blues artists, including four from outside the U.S.

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4:54

Creighton Prep graduate suing NCAA in District Court

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/23

Jack Hasz wants one more year. The former Creighton Prep offensive lineman is suing the NCAA, in hopes of playing one more season of college football.

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1:19

ACLU faults ICE policy change

Nebraska Update ·

2025/07/23

ACLU Nebraska is criticizing the treatment of a man detained in an ICE immigration raid.

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