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Money starts pouring into Nebraska midterm congressional races
Two political matchups in Nebraska will likely get national attention as both could help determine which party controls what parts of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. While money isn’t the ...
More Omaha-area home customers face dream home nightmares due to contractor
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - More nightmares for dozens of customers who paid to have their dream home built. A First Alert 6 ...
Last year, Omaha Athletics rose to a new level with bigger crowds and unsuspecting trash cans
Take a look back at how Omaha Athletics rose to a new level last year with a bunch of wins, bigger crowds and some ...
Authorities say airline passenger fought a flight attendant and tried to open exit door midair
A SkyWest Airlines flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Detroit made an emergency landing in Iowa after a passenger caused a disturbance. The incident happened Thursday evening shortly after the ...
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern discuss merger to create transcontinental railroad, AP source says
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. A person familiar with the talks who ...
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Nebraska’s Ricketts, Fischer voted to cut $9B from public media, foreign aid
Trump is on the cusp of following through on a long-sought GOP goal, as Nebraska Public Media would lose about 16% of its ...
Nebraska Examiner5d
Nebraska federal delegation votes to cut $9B from public media, foreign aid
Trump is on the cusp of following through on a long-sought GOP goal, as Nebraska Public Media would lose about 16% of its ...
Beatrice Daily Sun6d
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska legalize medical and recreational marijuana
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska became the first reservation in the state to legalize medical and recreational marijuana.
Waco Tribune-Herald6d
Nebraska sues neighboring Colorado over how much water it's drawing from the South Platte River
Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against Colorado over how much water its neighbor draws from the South Platte River. Officials ...
Nebraska’s U.S. senators will decide on $9.4B funding cuts from public media, foreign aid
The U.S. Senate has until the end of the week to decide whether to claw back $9.4 billion the federal government had already ...
MLB Draft: Nebraska preps get the call
Former Nebraska high school baseball standouts Luke Broderick and Nolan Sailors were both selected during the 2025 MLB Draft.
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Nebraska’s U.S. senators will choose whether to cut $9.4B in funding from public media, foreign aid
If the package passes, the Trump administration will do what two previous GOP administrations sought to do but didn’t — strip federal funding for NPR and PBS.