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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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5:13

Proposed scaling-back of sick leave requirement draws...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/20

A proposal to scale back who would be covered by a paid sick leave requirement approved by voters drew opposition in the Legislature Thursday.

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4:37

Nebraska’s sandhill cranes stronger than ever,...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/19

Nebraska’s sandhill crane migration is stronger than ever, despite the worries about bird flu. Hear what the experts are saying about this year's migration and the effects that it has on south central Nebraska.

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1:12

All Nebraska counties could hold all mail elections...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/19

A legislative proposal to give all Nebraska counties the option to conduct elections entirely by mail was discussed Wednesday/this afternoon. Currently, only counties with populations under 10,000 can apply to the Secretary of State to mail ballots to all registered voters. In the last general election, 11 of the state’s 67 eligible counties did just that. In most counties, voters must request an absentee ballot to vote by mail.

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4:46

Nicotine taxes, housing help advance in Legislature

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/19

The Nebraska Legislature advanced bills Wednesday taxing alternative nicotine products and offering housing help to survivors of domestic violence.

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0:47

USDA cut impacts Nebraska food producers, schools

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/19

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending its Local Food to Schools program. Current funding will continue through December, leaving food producers and schools wondering what will happen to their partnerships when the funding is gone.

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1:10

Congressman Flood greeted by hostile crowd at...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/19

Congressman Mike Flood was greeted with a relatively hostile crowd at his town hall in Columbus Tuesday evening. Flood represents Nebraska’s First Congressional District, which includes Columbus, Lincoln and Norfolk. Attendees booed references to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The biggest applause of the night came when Flood expressed his support for funding Ukraine.

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5:15

Train of bills temporarily sidetracked; Perkins...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/18

Bills moving through the Nebraska Legislature were temporarily sidetracked by objections to the process Tuesday, while the Appropriations Committee heard proposals to divert money from the Perkins County Canal project.

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4:54

Proposal to cut down on health reports draws opposition

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/17

A proposal to reduce the number of reports required on health topics drew opposition in the Nebraska Legislature Monday.

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1:11

NIL bill would allow Nebraska colleges to pay...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/17

Nebraska universities would be able to pay athletes name, image and likeness compensation directly under a bill heard Monday afternoon in a legislative committee. Last year, former college athletes brought a case against the NCAA claiming that it unfairly restricted them from profiting from NIL. The NCAA agreed to a nearly $3 billion settlement, allowing universities to pay current and former athletes the money they may have missed out on. But current Nebraska law prohibits universities from

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5:27

Schools, state legislature unsubscribing to student...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/17

For years, it’s been up to teachers to control cell phones in their classrooms. Now, many school districts have started creating a wider policy, and a bill in the state legislature would require all districts to follow suit.

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1:26

Tips and overtime pay would be exempt from taxes...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/14

The Legislature’s Revenue Committee considered proposals to end taxes on tips and overtime pay. During a hearing Friday afternoon, Sen. Danielle Conrad said she introduced the bills to show her support for working families. She acknowledged opposition to the policies from both left and right-leaning think tanks, but she said the policies have majority support from both parties according to polling.

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5:36

Senators' pay, tax on services discussed in Legislature

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/14

Nebraska state senators discussed increasing their pay and taxing certain services Friday.

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0:59

Bill would lower age at which juveniles can be...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/14

Under a bill from Sen. Merv Riepe, juveniles could be detained as young as 11 years old and charged as an adult as young as 12. That’s two years younger than current law allows. The bill also expands the list of crimes that make juveniles eligible for detention. Riepe said he introduced the bill to protect youth and promote community safety.

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5:30

Legislature talks taxes, trans athletes, license...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/13

The Nebraska Legislature on Thursday considered proposals dealing with taxes, transgender athletes, and license plates.

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5:10

Repeal of fluoride mandate heard; changes to school...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/12

A Nebraska legislative committee heard a proposal to repeal the mandate for fluoride in water supplies, and senators advanced a proposal to schedule school bond elections on a more regular schedule.

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5:28

School library notices, daylight/standard time...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/11

The Nebraska Legislature Tuesday advanced bills requiring schools notify parents of the books their children check out. And lawmakers advanced conflicting bills requiring year-round standard or daylight saving time.

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1:00

State lawmakers hear support to improve school...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/11

A bill that would allocate funding for cybersecurity protections in schools was discussed in The Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee Tuesday. The bill — known as the HACKER Act — would also create a state cybersecurity team.

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0:29

UNO men's basketball earns its first-ever March...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/11

For the first time ever, Omaha won the Summit League Conference Tournament, defeating the University of St. Thomas Sunday. That means the Mavericks will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

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5:54

State Forester discusses early start to wildfire season

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/11

100,000 acres of land burned by wildfires is typically the marker of a bad fire year in Nebraska. We’re already at 30,000 acres burned this year, and we’re not even through March. After a stretch of warm, windy and even record-breaking weather, Nebraska Public Media’s Jackie Ourada asked State Forester John Erixson about Nebraska’s fire outlook for 2025.

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5:27

Former Nebraska USAID worker reacts to recent cuts

Nebraska Update ·

2025/03/11

Earlier this month, the lives of thousands of employees for the United States Agency for International Development or USAID were disrupted when the Trump administration announced it was dismantling the foreign aid agency. Nebraska Public Media caught up with a Nebraska woman who is a former long-time USAID employee and whose husband still works for the agency.

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