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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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1:01

High Plains Regional Climate Center has gone dark

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/17

The High Plains Regional Climate Center’s website went offline Thursday morning after its funding lapsed at midnight

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5:03

Nebraska communities still recovering from 2019 floods

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/17

Six years after flooding devastated Nebraska and claimed four lives, communities are still recovering. And as that recovery continues, the federal government’s role is unclear.

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3:56

Assaults on hospital workers, tax credits for defense...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/16

Host Intro: People who assault hospital workers or pharmacists would get harsher sentences under a bill advancing in the Legislature. And defense contractors who move to Nebraska would get a break on their income taxes, under another proposal that’s moving ahead. From the Capitol, Fred Knapp of Nebraska Public Media News has this legislative update:

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4:42

Program to find lost children with autism growing in...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/16

A lifesaving program started in Virginia in 1999 continues to help find lost autistic children in Nebraska. Project LifeSaver is designed to help protect children with a tendency to wander. Lincoln businessman Dan Young and retired Lincoln Police Officer Todd Beam are responsible for spreading the program across Nebraska.

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4:21

Tougher penalties for assaults on hospital workers...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/15

The Nebraska Legislature Tuesday considered enhancing penalties for assaults on hospital workers and pharmacists.

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3:58

The journeys of the two indoor track champions at...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/15

Nebraska track and field athletes had not won an indoor NCAA championship in more than a decade. That was until this year, at the 2025 Championships. Senior Axelina Johansson won the women’s shot put title, the first Husker woman to win an indoor crown in 20 years. Fellow senior Tyus Wilson took home the men’s high jump championship, the first men’s indoor title in 16 years.

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5:28

Proposal to legalize mobile online sports betting...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/14

The Nebraska Legislature gave first-round approval Monday to asking voters to legalize mobile online sports betting.

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3:58

USDA ended its local food programs

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/14

Thousands of schools, farmers and food pantries in the Midwest and Great Plains planned on federal dollars over the next year to support local food purchases. And then the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut the programs.

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0:47

NDE waiting for clarity on DEI directive, other...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/11

The Nebraska Department of Education and state K-12 schools have not yet responded to a federal directive to eliminate DEI programs. It’s one of several things that NDE Commissioner Brian Maher said the state department is waiting for clarity on.

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4:48

Incentives and credits would be scaled back to...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/11

The Nebraska Legislature Friday advanced a proposal to scale back tax incentive and credit programs in order to help balance the budget.

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1:12

32% of new developmental disability program offers...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/11

Many families wanted to receive the “Comprehensive Waiver.” But under the new system, only three percent have been offered it. Instead, most people are offered a family support waiver, and 32% of them have declined.

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4:25

Online protections advance despite First Amendment...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/09

The Nebraska Legislature advanced a bill aiming to protect young people online, despite concerns it could violate the First Amendment.

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1:02

Ricketts on-board with president's tariff plan

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/09

Sen. Pete Ricketts, in a press call Wednesday, said he supports President Donald Trump’s tariff plan, but does not support the bills in the U.S. House and Senate looking to limit the president’s ability to levy those tariffs.

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4:08

Taylor, Lovett reflect on wrestling national titles...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/09

The Nebraska Cornhusker wrestling team has experienced recent success never seen before in Lincoln. Sophomore Antrell Taylor and Senior Ridge Lovett won individual NCAA championships. A Husker wrestler had not won a title since 2011, when Jordan Burroughs earned his second NCAA gold.

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3:59

There’s a growing call to restrict purchases by SNAP...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/09

Efforts to keep junk foods from being paid for by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are increasing at the federal and state level. Lawmakers proposing such bills say they want to encourage healthy habits, but some food advocates say the restrictions would have harmful effects.

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4:48

Winner-take-all proposal falls short in Legislature

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/08

A proposal to switch Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system for Electoral College voting fell short Tuesday in the Legislature.

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1:05

Humanities Nebraska looking to lose 40% of funding

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/04

Humanities Nebraska received news late Wednesday night that a little over 40% of their budget is being cut. This cut comes from a total termination of the money coming from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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0:46

NDE loses $9 million in unspent COVID funds

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/04

The Nebraska Department of Education is losing about $9 million left over from federal COVID-19 relief funds, Commissioner Brian Maher told the State Board of Education at its meeting Friday.

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5:55

Legislature heads to winner-take-all vote

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/03

The Nebraska Legislature will vote Tuesday on switching to a winner-take-all Electoral College system; sponsor says he doesn't have the votes.

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0:55

Quarter cent sales tax in Lincoln to be decided Tuesday

Nebraska Update ·

2025/04/03

Lincoln voters will decide Tuesday whether to continue a quarter-cent sales tax to pay for street projects. The tax was originally approved in 2019 by a vote of 50.7% to 49.4% and is scheduled to end on September 30.

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