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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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1:05

Manufacturing economic growth slows in May

Nebraska Update ·

2024/06/06

A survey of manufacturing supply-chain managers in the Midwest found that economic growth slowed in the month of May. Creighton economics professor Ernie Goss, who leads the Mid-America Business Conditions Index, said high inflation and fewer exports are resulting in lower growth in the manufacturing industry.

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0:59

NE Panhandle launches an HPV vaccination campaign

Nebraska Update ·

2024/06/05

The human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing infection that can be largely prevented by a series of vaccinations in children. Nebraska Public Media’s Kassidy Arena reports the state does well in starting that series, but not as well in completing it.

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4:43

Man walks across country to 'fix' democracy

Nebraska Update ·

2024/06/05

At 82 years old, Rick Hubbard is hitting the highways of America to raise awareness of political dysfunction.

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0:51

Papillon firefighter awarded compensation for mental...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/06/04

A Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court judge ruled a former Papillion firefighter is entitled to compensation for mental injury. Nebraska Public Media’s Sarah Lawlor has more.

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1:15

Pillen: I'll abandon Perkins Canal if legal costs get...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/31

Gov. Jim Pillen said Friday that if legal costs get too high, he would abandon the Perkins County Canal proposal.

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1:08

South central Nebraska nursing home salvaged

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/31

Long-term care residents and their families in Red Cloud, Nebraska, breathed a sigh or relief this spring, when the local nursing home was saved from closure. The Heritage of Red Cloud was scheduled to close on April 18. But a local hospital and its foundation decided to acquire the facility thanks to some large community donations.

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0:40

Lincoln Airport $56 million renovation now completed

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/30

HOST: Almost a year after the first phase of renovations at the Lincoln Airport were completed, the second phase is wrapping up. Nebraska Public Media’s Sarah Lawlor has more. 053024 THU Airport Renovations WRAP.wav: (39.9 s)Lincoln Airport officials opened the doors to the public on Thursday afternoon so travelers could have a chance to see the new additions. Renovations include two new bag belts and new locations for customer service and rental car desks. Rachel Barth is the director of air

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0:49

Western Nebraska disaster declaration - winter storm

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/29

HOST: A severe winter storm in early April left millions of dollars in damage for eight western Nebraska counties. Those counties are now receiving federal assistance for recovery efforts. Nebraska Public Media’s Sarah Lawlor has more. 052924 Disaster declaration voicer.wav: (48 s)President Joe Biden is declaring a major disaster exists in eight Nebraska counties affected by storms in April. The counties include Banner, Cheyenne, Dawes, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and Sioux. The April

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5:00

Food insecurity in the heartland

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/29

More people in Nebraska are waking up hungry, according to a recent report released by “Feeding America”, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization.

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4:19

Midwest Newsroom: Fetal personhood worries IVF patients

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/28

Thirteen states across the U.S., including much of the Midwest, introduced bills this year that could give some rights to embryos and fetuses usually associated with people. None passed but people in the fertility world are concerned that lawmakers will try again and what that means for reproductive rights.

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1:39

Sides weigh in on Platte-Republican diversion proposal

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/23

A proposal to divert water from the Platte to the Republican River drew mixed reactions at a public hearing Thursday.

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4:39

Brewer: Ukrainians tired but still fighting

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/22

Sen. Tom Brewer, visiting Ukraine, says residents are tired but still fighting more than two years after Russia invaded.

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4:12

Turfgrass lawns are a landscape staple — an...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/20

Turfgrass lawns are a landscape staple — an environmental reckoning may change that

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1:44

Pillen's push for lower property taxes meets some...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/17

Gov. Jim Pillen's efforts to drum up support for lowering property taxes by expanding sales taxes met some skepticism Friday in Grand Island.

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1:19

Hilgers announces lawsuits against electric truck...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/13

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is suing California and the federal government over requirements to replace diesel trucks with electric vehicles.

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3:31

Drought lingers in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/13

Planting is well underway across the Midwest, but farmers are still grappling with dry conditions that led to lower than normal corn yields last fall. It’s the third year of a near historic drought for parts of the Corn Belt.

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4:29

Results for the District 2 primary election could...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/10

The Republican candidates for the primary election in Nebraska’s second congressional district say although they’re both in the same party, they couldn’t be more different. This election could redefine the urban Nebraska Republican.

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3:25

No state GOP backed candidate is running in District 1

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/08

Michael Connely is challenging incumbent Mike Flood for the Congressional District 1 seat in the Republican primary election. Both candidates running without state party endorsement is a reflection of national trends, an expert said.

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0:55

Nebraska has a Commission on Asian American Affairs

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/03

Nebraska now has another commission added to its repertoire of racial and ethnic representation in government.

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0:44

Midwest civil rights advocates meet to address civil...

Nebraska Update ·

2024/05/02

More than 100 Nebraska community leaders and civil rights advocates met Wednesday at a conference to discuss the state of human rights throughout the region.

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