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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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1:08

Counties: unfunded legislative mandates raise...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/10/03

Nebraska county officials say things the Legislature requires them to do, but doesn't pay for, put pressure on property taxpayers.

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1:28

Senator says medical cannabis restrictions could...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/10/02

Sen. John Cavanaugh said Thursday restrictions on medical cannabis could lead voters to approve recreational marijuana.

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3:11

Why Midwest farmers are experimenting with smaller...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/10/02

Scientists and seed companies are working on shrinking corn. The subtle difference in height has led to some big changes in how shorter corn can be planted and managed in the Corn Belt.

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0:49

UNL hearings begin for programs impacted by potential...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/10/01

The first two hearings for programs up for elimination at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln began Wednesday. The Academic Planning Committee heard arguments for keeping the community and regional planning program and the landscape architecture program.

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4:09

Students hope to save UNL programs after six proposed...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/30

As $27.5 million in reductions loom over the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, students in programs proposed for elimination shared their concerns with how the loss of their programs would hurt the state. The potential cuts are in response to the state legislature allocating less funding than the university needed in its budget for the next two years.

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4:46

NPR host discusses the importance of public radio in...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/30

One of the familiar NPR hosts you wake up to on “Morning Edition” is A Martinez, who works out of Culver City, California. Martínez came to NPR four years ago from the world of sports talk radio. He told Nebraska Public Media's “Morning Edition” host Dale Johnson that he has come to appreciate the importance of nationwide public media, especially in rural states like Nebraska.

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0:59

Nebraska’s paid sick leave law goes into effect...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/30

The modified Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act will go into effect as of Wednesday this week. The law requires businesses with between 11 and 19 employees to provide their employees with at least 40 hours of paid sick leave per year, and those with 20 or more employees will need to provide at least 56 hours of paid sick leave.

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0:54

Gov. Pillen opts in to federal scholarship tax credit...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/29

Gov. Jim Pillen announced Monday that Nebraska will opt in to a federal tax credit for those donating to scholarship-granting organizations. Those scholarships can go to help students attending private schools or those in public schools needing extra resources like tutoring. The tax credit was passed under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” earlier this year.

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4:34

Crawford parade echoed city, state and community pride

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/29

The state of Nebraska, the city of Omaha and the community of North Omaha proudly took notice Saturday. People cheered, chanted and held up their cell phones hoping for a decent video of one of the greatest boxers of all time, Terence “Bud” Crawford, as he moved down a parade route in downtown Omaha.

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3:57

Rural America still needs fast internet

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/29

The Trump Administration asked states to find the lowest-cost option in the latest program to build broadband infrastructure in rural areas. That opens the door for more types of technology, which some worry could be less reliable in the long-term.

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3:59

Planned ICE facility spurs mixed reactions in McCook

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/25

Plans to convert the McCook Work Ethic Camp into an ICE detention facility are producing mixed reactions in this southwest Nebraska city.

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1:07

Ricketts warns crowd of ‘fake Dan Osborn’ at campaign...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/25

Dozens of Pete Ricketts supporters made for standing room only inside the Mechanical Room, a speakeasy located in the basement of a brewery in downtown Beatrice, Wednesday evening. Nebraska’s junior senator began his campaign speech highlighting his record of reducing taxes and improving public safety during his eight years as the state’s governor. “We were able to cut the state income taxes for Nebraska families,” he said. “We were able to eliminate the state income tax on Social Security and also

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0:43

UNK nixes alcohol plans for remainder of 2025...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/24

The University of Nebraska at Kearney has dropped the idea of selling alcohol at football games for the 2025 season. Originally, the school planned to sell alcohol at its first home game on Sept. 6, but an insurance issue with its concession vendor, Nightlife Concepts, put a halt on those plans.

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1:13

U.S. trade official visits York to share plan for ag...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/24

It’s been a rough year for Nebraska row crop producers, with low corn prices and China’s refusal to buy soybeans leaving many producers in the red, despite relatively high yields. But speaking in York Wednesday, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs said there are big wins on the horizon for American agriculture. Lindberg attended a roundtable with ag producers on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, ahead of a joint review on the agreement scheduled for next summer.

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0:59

Housing concerns with the new Ogallala casino

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/23

Nebraska’s newest casino and racetrack is out of the gates and contributing to the state budget.

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0:47

State auditor finds issues in top ABA service providers

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/23

The state auditor’s office found several issues with ABA providers receiving the most money, including duplicate invoices, lack of documentation and employees not having proper credentials.

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0:54

School finance commission to focus on state, local...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/22

The School Financing Review Commission will focus on recommending the right mix of state and local funding.

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3:45

Multiple Midwest towns are proud to be 'popcorn...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/22

Popcorn festivals and even "popcorn capitals of the world" dot the middle of the country. Yet this ubiquitous snack is grown on fewer than 1,000 farms in the U.S. today.

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0:51

NU hopes to buck recent trends against ranked teams

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/18

On Saturday, the Nebraska football team hopes for its first win against a ranked opponent since 2016. Since then, the Huskers have lost 27 games in a row against competition ranked in the Associated Press’ top 25, at the time of the game.

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1:11

Petition drive will seek to legalize online sports...

Nebraska Update ·

2025/09/18

Supporters of online sports betting will try to put a constitutional amendment to legalize it on next year's Nebraska ballot.

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