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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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6:01

Nebraska Public Media’s general manager prepares to...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/16

Nebraska Public Media is searching the country for a new General Manager/CEO. Mark Leonard announced in December he is retiring after more than 10 years here. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson sat down with Mr. Leonard to talk about his career and the status of public media.

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1:07

Tenaska Center receives $2.5 million in additional...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/15

Omaha Performing Arts is receiving an additional 2.5 million dollars in funding from the state for the construction of a new building on its campus. Upon completion, the Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement will include three rehearsal halls, classrooms and practice rooms, enabling the organization to offer new arts programs. The 108-million-dollar building is expected to open in the spring of 2026.

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4:25

Tornado relief feature

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/12

A Blair family is still waiting to hear what options they have after their home was leveled in an April tornado. Over two months later, most recovery organizations have moved on. Nebraska Public Media’s Sarah Lawlor tells us how the community is moving forward and what organizations are still helping out.

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1:10

Nebraska researchers working on national opioid...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/12

Nebraska researchers are looking into how online content creators are promoting opioid awareness. They plan to use their findings to create a national health communication campaign.

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0:57

Omaha organization launches contraception vending...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/12

Women’s Fund of Omaha sells emergency contraception and pregnancy tests via vending machine

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4:38

Midwest Newsroom: Why states struggle to house foster...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/12

Children in the foster care system with severe behavioral health issues and trauma are often treated in group homes that specialize in individualized care. In at least two states, there is space at these centers for boys but not for girls.

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4:38

Midwest Newsroom: Why states struggle to house foster...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/12

Children in the foster care system with severe behavioral health issues and trauma are often treated in group homes that specialize in individualized care. In at least two states, there is space at these centers for boys but not for girls.

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0:48

Peaches are bountiful again after last year's poor crop

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/11

The peach crop across the U.S. is much better this summer than it was last year when cold temperatures affected crops in Georgia and South Carolina. Yet in southern Illinois, while some orchards are getting a bumper crop, others are having yet another year of low production.

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1:17

Santee receive priority from state for clean water...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/11

After five years under a no-drink order from the EPA, the Santee Sioux Nation in northern Nebraska is one step closer to getting clean water infrastructure. A bill passed in the Nebraska Legislature this spring prioritizes money in the Water Sustainability Fund to go toward infrastructure projects in areas under a no-drink order.

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4:32

Nebraskans ready to up the ante on betting for the...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/10

Sports bettors in Nebraska will be able to wager on the Olympics for the first time since gambling was legalized almost four years ago. Handball, surfing, field hockey and proposition bets like which country will win the most medals are open season for wagering. But one economics professor says some revenues will leave Nebraska during the 2024 Paris Games.

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3:46

A summer food assistance program for kids started...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/09

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s SUN Bucks doles out $40 per month over the summer for each eligible child. This is the first year for the program, and it's expected to reach about 21 million kids. Yet 13 states, including Oklahoma and Iowa, turned down the funding.

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1:06

Pillen no longer leading trade mission to Indonesia

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/09

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen will no longer be going on a trade mission to Indonesia this month. Instead, Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly will lead the 12-day mission, while Pillen prepares for a special session on property taxes. Pillen has yet to release a written tax plan and says there is still work to do to get consensus, though he is optimistic that progress is being made.

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1:12

Here’s an update on the Crete shooting of a Hispanic...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/08

Seven people were shot in Crete last week in what is being investigated as a hate crime. The Hispanic family all survived. Now statewide groups are coming together to make sure the incident doesn’t happen again.

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19:07

NU chief financial officer discusses almost $1.1...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/08

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the almost $1.1 billion budget for NU near the end of June. Chris Kabourek, chief financial officer for the university and the recent interim president, spoke with Nebraska Public Media’s Jolie Peal about the reductions and investments laid out in the budget for this fiscal year.

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5:55

Director of Nebraska Department of Corrections...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/08

Rob Jeffreys discusses the impact a new prison may have on the department, and the current state of corrections.

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1:26

Nebraska lagging behind in distributing EV charging...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/08

Nearly two years after Nebraska received more than 30 million dollars in federal grant funding to build electric vehicle charging stations, none of that money has been dispersed. Ryan McKinnon with the electric vehicle advocacy group Charge Ahead Partnership said Nebraska is one of around 15 other states that has not yet opened up the grant application process for businesses to request funds. “Because Nebraska hasn't even put out an application yet, these businesses are not able to access that

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0:24

Medical Marijuana backers hope to earn place on fall...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/03

Organizers of the petition drive supporting medical marijuana in Nebraska "feel really good" about the number of signatures they turned over to the Secretary of State. They had collected over 114,000 signatures on each of the two petitions necessary to change state law. The petitions must be verified to ensure that all are from voters registered in Nebraska. Two years ago, the group fell short of that threshold.

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0:46

Two more weeks for Support Our Schools petition

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/02

Support Our Schools Nebraska has two more weeks to collect signatures for its referendum aiming to repeal a law giving $10 million to the State Treasurer for private and religious school scholarships. This is different from the deadline for most other petitions, which was Wednesday, July 3.

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4:56

Nebraska National Guard could be used in immigration...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/01

Former President Donald Trump has proposed using National Guard troops to help arrest and deport people living in the country illegally.

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4:57

Nebraska National Guard could be used in immigration...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/07/01

Former President Donald Trump has proposed using National Guard troops to help arrest and deport people living in the country illegally.

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