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Groups say new effort to slash Nebraska property taxes will be ineffective
WOWT 6 - Nebraska
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August 28, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Nebraska senator and another group are responding to a new reform effort by Advocates for All Nebraskans to dramatically slash property taxes, which they deem as “ineffective” and “harmful.” “...frankly, I find (it) very...
Does the decline of local news influence our politics? This former U.S. senator thinks so
Editor and Publisher
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Eric Rynston-Lobel | Local News Initiative When Montana voters sent Jon Tester to the United States Senate for the first time in 2006, the Democratic Party also won Senate elections in North Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia. At...
Western Nebraska Among America's Hidden Gem Road Trips
Western Nebraska Observer
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August 28, 2025
As late summer travelers pack their bags and hit the open road, a new survey has put Western Nebraska on the map as one of America's best-kept road trip secrets. Gunther Kia recently surveyed 3,011 regular road trippers, asking them to rank the...
College football picks, schedule: Predictions, best bets for Nebraska-Cincinnati, more Week 1 games Thursday
CBS Sports - Florida
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August 28, 2025
After whetting our appetite with a Week 0 amuse bouche of sorts, college football is back in full force with Week 1 action kicking off on Thursday night. There are five straight nights of games over this Labor Day weekend, but we aren't here to...
Telluride Film Festival returns with an eclectic mix of politics, auteur visions and the Boss
Los Angeles Times
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August 28, 2025
In recent years, film festivals haven’t felt all that festive. Audiences have dwindled, streaming has upended viewing habits and the pandemic and Hollywood strikes have rattled the industry, leaving even the most glamorous events to fight for...
Nebraska wins total odds: How will Cornhuskers finish in 2025?
Marco Eagle - Florida
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Nebraska football is looking for its first season of eight or more wins since the 2016 college football season this year, and the Cornhuskers might just have its best roster under third-year coach Matt Rhule. The Cornhuskers finished 7-6 in 2024,...
Six-decade Omaha election worker celebrated
Nebraska Examiner
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August 28, 2025
OMAHA — Poll worker George Reed has staffed Nebraska’s elections so long that he was manning the polls in 1964 when a Democrat last won all of the state’s Electoral College votes. That 1964 victory by Lyndon Johnson was Reed’s second presidential...
South Carolina joins legal effort supporting Florida's immigrant detention facility project
Palmetto State News - South Carolina
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August 27, 2025
Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina | Attorney General Alan Wilson, SCAlan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina | Attorney General Alan Wilson, SC South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the state has joined 21...
Nebraska lawmakers seek legislative hearing into Nebraska-ICE detention center plans
Nebraska Examiner
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August 27, 2025
LINCOLN — Thirteen progressive state lawmakers called on the chair of the Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to host a public hearing into a federal-state plan to morph a state prison into an immigration detention center. The Wednesday...
Nebraska senators demand public hearing on McCook detention facility
KOLN - Nebraska
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August 28, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a social media post Wednesday, Sen. Megan Hunt...
'Nebraskans deserve answers': State senators request hearing for ICE detention facility
KETV 7 - Nebraska
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August 27, 2025
AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AT SIX. NEBRASKA STATE SENATOR MEGAN HUNT IS LEADING A COALITION OF LAWMAKERS TO REQUEST A HEARING OVER THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY IN MCCOOK. 13 STATE SENATORS ARE QUESTIONING THE LEGALITY, AUTHORITY AND CONSEQUENCES OF...
Extreme Heat In Prisons Brings More Legal Challenges, Pressure On States
Omaha Daily Record - Nebraska
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August 28, 2025
Summer heat is bearing down on U.S. prisons, where temperatures in uncooled cells can climb well into the triple digits. Facing growing pressure from advocacy groups, lawsuits and climate projections that show hotter days ahead, some state prison...
Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #171
Ballotpedia
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August 27, 2025
Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over school...
‘Cornhusker Clink’: 13 Nebraska state senators urge Judiciary Committee to get answers about planned ICE facility
WOWT 6 - Nebraska
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August 28, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Thirteen state senators are calling on the Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to get answers about several key aspects currently not known about the plan to turn a minimum-security prison in Central Nebraska into a...
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The Pocahontas Times - West Virginia
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August 27, 2025
ADMINISTRATION TO CREDITORS, DISTRIBUTEES & LEGATEES Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Pocahontas County Clerk’s Office at P. O. Box 209, 900 Tenth Avenue, Suite C, Marlinton, WV 24954-0209....
GOP leaders from 22 other states support Florida in 'Alligator Alcatraz' legal fight
WUSF - Florida
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August 27, 2025
Republican leaders from 22 other states are trying to help Florida convince a federal appeals court to put on hold a judge’s ruling that required winding down operations at an Everglades immigrant-detention center challenged by environmental...
From Childhood Tradition to Dream Job: UNK grad Courtney Glock comes full circle at the Nebraska State Fair
UNK News - Nebraska
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August 27, 2025
Post Views: 457 As a child, Courtney Glock attended the Nebraska State Fair every year with her family. Now, she’s marketing director for the annual event. (Photos by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications) By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications GRAND...
Nebraska auditor alleges county official misused rebates for toy boats, whoopee cushion
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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August 27, 2025
The state auditor is calling out an elected official from northeast Nebraska for allegedly using Menards store rebates earned through county purchases for his own benefit. Questionable buys ranged from a $1 prank whoopee cushion to a $94 load of...
Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, first woman to serve on Nebraska Supreme Court, to retire
Nebraska Examiner
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August 27, 2025
LINCOLN — Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, the first woman to serve on the state’s high court and its longest-serving current member, announced her retirement effective Oct. 31. Miller-Lerman was appointed to the seven-member...
Alabama Attorney General backs Florida in legal fight over “Alligator Alcatraz”
WZDX - Alabama
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August 27, 2025
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall backs Florida in its fight against a court order to dismantle a key detention facility. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an amicus brief in support of the State of Florida in...