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AG’s Office: All inmates moved from Nebraska’s McCook prison, planned ICE detention center
McCOOK, Neb. — Nebraska officials have moved out all inmates from a Nebraska state prison Gov. Jim Pillen plans to convert into an immigration detention center by the end of this month. Jennifer Huxoll, chief of the Civil Litigation Bureau in the...
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Nebraska Beef Council bridges agriculture and dietetics for future dietitians
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KHGI - Nebraska
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KEARNEY, Neb — The Nebraska Beef Council has been actively working to connect agriculture and dietetics through two significant learning experiences for dietetic interns from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of Nebraska...
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Nebraska physicist awarded $849K grant to study disordered materials for AI
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KHGI - Nebraska
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LINCOLN, Neb — A University of Nebraska–Lincoln physicist, Robert Streubel, has received an $849,399 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to explore how disordered, noncrystalline materials could...
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ALLO Enables Equal Access To Secure Wi-Fi for All Students With Calix SmartTown for Education
ALLO Communications launches Smart Schools—built on Calix SmartTown for Education and the Calix Broadband Platform—to deliver safe, secure community Wi-Fi for Lincoln Public School students and set a model for nationwide digital equity Calix, Inc....
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Pillen touts plan to use Nebraska facility to hold ICE detainees, while lawsuit aims to halt that
Nebraska will be paid a base rate of roughly $2.5 million a month to run the McCook Work Ethic Camp as a detention center for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That and other details are contained in the contract between Nebraska and...
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Puerto Rico: A Nation That Will Never Assimilate
For 127 years, the United States has governed Puerto Rico as a colonial territory, a political anomaly in a nation that once fought a revolution against empire. Yet despite more than a century of American political, cultural, and economic...
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Nebraska becomes the first state to elect to participate in the federal private school choice program
Welcome to the Monday, Oct. 13, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nebraska becomes the first state to elect to participate in the federal private school choice program California enacts four laws on ballot...
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Bishop Conley celebrates feast marking elevation of saint as Doctor of Church
Rev. James D. Conley, D.D., S.T.L. | Diocese of Lincoln website Bishop James Conley led the celebration of the feast of St. John Henry Newman on October 9 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
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Here are the 'No Kings' protests happening Oct. 18 across Nebraska
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Des Moines Register - Iowa
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More "No Kings" protests planned for Oct. 18 in as many as 2,500 communities across the country – including in Nebraska – will be part of what organizers say could be the largest single day of protest in modern U.S. history. The first "No Kings"...
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State of Nebraska Publishes Contract For Ice Detention Facility in McCook
Governor Jim Pillen announced Friday that the state has published a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to use the Work Ethic Camp in McCook as a federal detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s anticipated...
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Bishop Conley releases October humanities syllabus focused on rebuilding through culture
Rev. James D. Conley, D.D., S.T.L. | Diocese of Lincoln website Throughout October, Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln is encouraging a reflection on the theme of rebuilding in his monthly humanities syllabus. Drawing inspiration from...
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Pope Leo XIV: The first lesson for every bishop is humility
Vatican City, Oct 26, 2025 / 18:24 pm Bishops should be humble servants and men of prayer — not possession, Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass to consecrate a new bishop on Sunday. “This is the first lesson for every bishop: humility. Not humility in...
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College to the Pros: Nebraska Makes Splash | Nebraska Rodeo Update
October 17th, 2025 | Rebel Sjeklocha The Nebraska Rodeo Update is a weekly radio program designed to highlight Nebraska rodeo and western events. The program sheds light on the success of Nebraska athletes, rodeos, and cowboy culture in the...
University of Nebraska now spends more on administrators and support staff than on professors
At first glance, they look like raises. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a music professor’s salary jumped $13,000 in the past decade. A University of Nebraska at Kearney political science professor’s grew by $15,000. A University of...
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Rural Minatare Man Accused of Defrauding Scottsbluff Church
October 17th, 2025 | Ryan Murphy A former licensed electrician has been charged after starting to a job for a local church, despite letting his license expire. Court records say that Troy Little of rural Minatare had his State of Nebraska...
A life-changing moment for Nebraska football’s Kenneth Williams
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The Daily Nebraskan
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Nebraska kick returner Kenneth Williams never in a million years could have predicted where he is today. From being a star on the track to the unthinkable shows true resilience. The story begins at the end of the summer in 2023. Williams...
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Mansfield Christian's Anderson raises Flames after move from Nebraska
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Mansfield News Journal - Ohio
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MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Christian girls soccer program has never seen a player like her. Ever. Junior Ryen Anderson is, in the simplest of terms, special on the soccer pitch. During the Flames 7-0 sectional championship win over Edison, she...
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Penn State’s Implosion Could Be Nebraska’s Recruiting Jackpot
Penn State’s downward spiral may be Nebraska’s golden opportunity. With James Franklin shown the door—allegedly with a nearly $50 million payout—the Nittany Lions find themselves in disarray. And in today’s fast-moving world of college football,...
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‘I’m Locked N’: Trae Taylor Reaffirms Commitment to Nebraska Amid Coaching Uncertainty
The future of Nebraska football has dominated headlines throughout the week, but Husker Nation just got its biggest sign yet that head coach Matt Rhule isn’t going anywhere. After days of rumors and speculation surrounding Rhule’s future in...
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13 McCook residents, former lawmaker sue to stop Nebraska-ICE detention center
McCOOK, Neb. — Thirteen McCook residents filed a lawsuit this week to stop Nebraska officials from converting a state prison into an immigration detention facility. They filed suit with the backing of a former lawmaker who helped pass the law...
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