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Apr 02 2024
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One arrested after police, suspect exchange gunfire at northwest Lincoln gas station, police say
A 45-year-old Lincoln man was arrested Tuesday night after he exchanged gunfire with two Lincoln Police officers and a Nebraska State Patrol trooper at a northwest Lincoln gas station, according to the Lincoln Police Department. At about 8:30 p.m., Lincoln Police responded to the Casey's gas station near Northwest 12th Street and West Cornhusker Highway on a report of a man who had entered the
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Mar 14 2024
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Nebraskans for clean energy, rural development say bill would harm both
Roughly 35% of Nebraska's electricity is produced from renewable sources and advocates of clean energy development are concerned about the changes a bill in the Unicameral would bring about. Legislative Bill 399 would require privately developed wind and solar projects to be approved by the Nebraska Power Review Board, reversing changes the Legislature made in 2016. The Power Review Board
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Apr 03 2024
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NE Gov Backs Changing Electoral Rule To Favor Trump
Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen endorsed legislation that would take Omaha’s potentially decisive electoral vote out of play for Democrats, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s Tuesday X post suggesting it. Five hours and 10 minutes later, Pillen put out a statement supporting a bill that would convert the state to a winner-take all system in November. Donald Trump
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May 16 2023
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Nebraska lawmakers set to debate plan to tack on 12-week abortion ban to bill banning youth sex changes
Nebraska lawmakers are set to take up debate late Tuesday on a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The combination of the two highly contentious measures sets up what could be one of the most volatile debates of the session. Technically, lawmakers are slated to take up the final round of debate on the
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Mar 21 2024
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NCHC Frozen Faceoff sets up college hockey preview at Xcel Energy Center
Friday's semifinals: No. 4 seed Nebraska Omaha vs. No. 1 North Dakota, 4 p.m.; No. 3 St. Cloud State vs. No. 2 Denver, 7:30 p.m. First semifinal at a glance: Regular-season champion North Dakota (26-10-2) swept Miami (Ohio) in the quarterfinals and will try to exact revenge on Nebraska Omaha (22-11-4), which took nine of 12 regular-season points against the Fighting Hawks. Hobey Baker Award
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Apr 01 2024
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At sentencing, prosecutor calls former Lincoln man 'serial predator'
First, Ernesto Canales' attorney, John Rogers, argued for probation, given his "fairly limited criminal history" and the fact that he's served more than two years in jail in the case already, taking educational classes and attending Bible study. Canales, who is facing similar charges in Woodbury County, Iowa, told the judge he just wanted to say he was sorry and hoped the girl could forgive
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May 09 2023
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Nebraska high school sports star, 18, dead after collapsing at track practice: 'We miss you already'
A Nebraska high school sports star has died after he collapsed during track practice on Friday. Hunter Palmer, 18, was a student at Wisner-Pilger High School in Wisner. He played basketball and was an all-district running back committed to Midland University in Nebraska, which plays in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, according to the Omaha World-Herald. "It is with a
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Jul 12 2023
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Nebraska Woman Pleads Guilty to Helping 17-Year-Old Daughter With Illegal 29-Week Home Abortion, Burning Baby's Remains
A Nebraska woman has pleaded guilty to helping her 17-year-old daughter perform an illegal 29-week abortion before burning and burying the baby’s remains. Jessica Burgess, 42, obtained the abortion pills for her then-17-year-old daughter Celeste Burgess. The mother pleaded guilty to providing an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, false reporting, and tampering with human skeletal remains.
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Mar 12 2024
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Jim Macy, state environmental chief for nine years, to retire next month
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Jim Macy, director of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy for the past nine years, has announced his retirement. Macy, 63, will retire effective April 19. He was paid $167,396 a year, according to OpenPayrolls.com. He worked 28 years with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources before being hired by then-Gov. Pete Ricketts for the top job
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Mar 19 2024
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'Disgusting': GOP senator faces resignation calls after substituting Dem colleague's name into graphic book scene
A GOP lawmaker in Nebraska is facing criticism and resignation calls after inserting a Democratic colleague’s name into a book’s graphic rape scene. Amid a debate over legislation that would ban literature with “obscene” material from schools, Republican Sen. Steve Halloran on Monday read aloud a passage from Alice Sebold’s “Lucky” and substituted the name “Cavanaugh” into the text. Nebraska
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