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Nebraska lawmaker seeks to ban corporations from buying up single-family homes
A Nebraska lawmaker whose north Omaha district has struggled for years with a housing shortage is pushing a bill that, if passed, could make Nebraska the first in the country to forbid out-of-state he...
Feb 16, 2024 Drew Tarvin / CC
State Wrestling Class D Round 1
D106 Cons. Round 1 - Wyatt Forney (Southern) 26-11 won by fall over Holden Essary (Weeping Water) 23-19 (Fall 0:53) Cons. Round 1 - Carter Trambly (Franklin) 18-11 won by decision over Drey Gardner (M...
Feb 16, 2024
Consolation Wrestling State Class C
C106 Cons. Round 1 - Blayne Williams (Tekamah-Herman) 38-7 won by fall over Sean Shultz (Raymond Central) 25-20 (Fall 1:46) Cons. Round 1 - Dalton Lovejoy (Central City) 34-12 won by fall over Connor ...
Feb 16, 2024
Jacy Sheldon scores 23, Cotie McMahon adds 20 as No. 2 Ohio State routs Nebraska 80-47
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jacy Sheldon had 23 points and Cotie McMahon added 20 points and 10 rebounds as No. 2 Ohio State pulled away early and raced to its 12th straight win, an 80-47 rout of Nebraska o...
Feb 15, 2024 Nebraska forward Natalie Potts (22) shoots against Ohio State guard Taylor Thierry (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Nebraska Republican gives top priority to bill allowing abortions in cases of fatal fetal anomalies
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who tanked an effort last year by his fellow Republicans to pass a near-total abortion ban has given top priority this year to a bill that would allow abortion...
Feb 15, 2024 FILE - Nebraska Sen. Merv Riepe ponders before voting on a bill to ban abortions in Nebraska after about six weeks, April 27, 2023, at the state Capital in Lincoln, Neb. Riepe, the Nebraska lawmaker who tanked an effort in 2023 by his fellow Republicans to pass a near-total abortion ban, has given top priority this year to a bill that would allow abortions beyond the state's 12-week ban in cases of fatal fetal anomalies. (Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion
Scores of people turned out Tuesday to testify well into the night on bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers that target diversity initiatives and higher education programs, mirroring proposals ...
Feb 15, 2024 Tony Webster / CC
Nebraska softball sensation Jordy Bahl announces she'll miss the rest of the season with knee injury
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Jordy Bahl, the softball pitching star who transferred to Nebraska after winning two straight national championships at Oklahoma, will miss the rest of the season after injuring h...
Feb 15, 2024 Nebraska's Jordy Bahl throws during softball practice Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. A Nebraska softball program that hasn't won a conference championship in 10 years enters this spring believing it can win a national championship. Call it the “Jordy Bahl Effect.” (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Class C 2nd Round State Wrestling
C106 Quarterfinal - Brock Goebel (Syracuse) 41-6 won by decision over Dylan Parks (ONeill) 30-5 (Dec 7-3) Quarterfinal - Jace Martin (Wood River) 38-3 won by decision over Layne Baker (St. Paul) 39-6 ...
Feb 15, 2024
State Wrestling Class C Round 1
C106 Champ. Round 1 - Dylan Parks (ONeill) 30-5 won by fall over Sean Shultz (Raymond Central) 25-19 (Fall 1:03) Champ. Round 1 - Brock Goebel (Syracuse) 41-6 won by decision over Blayne Williams (Tek...
Feb 15, 2024
Nebraska governor reverses course and says state will take federal funding to feed children
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen reversed course on Monday and announced that the state will accept roughly $18 million in federal funding to help feed hungry children over the summer bre...
Feb 13, 2024 Gov. Jim Pillen (center) is joined by state senators as he announces that the state will participate in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer Program after previously saying Nebraska wouldn't take part during a press conference in the Warner Chamber at the Capitol, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)
