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Nebraska gender care law causes confusion among mental health providers
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include additional context from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. LINCOLN — Nebraska’s new gender care restrictions are causing confusion among mental health providers as the law first affects therapy sessions. The state law took effect Oct. 1 prohibiting transition surgeries and requiring state regulation […]
Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb exchanges pipeline fight for clean energy with $3 million award
LINCOLN — Jane Kleeb, the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, has been teasing for weeks on social media about a “big surprise,” and several political insiders have speculated she was eyeing a run for the U.S. Senate. Instead, she confirmed this week that she is taking on a new project in her work with […]
For 20 years, Omaha pair have been patrons of ‘Americana’ music
LINCOLN — You could call it “Two Guys and a Concert Series.” But just recently, two guys from Omaha — Dean Dobmeier and Gary Grobeck — celebrated 20 years of bringing music they love to audiences in Omaha and Lincoln. Their act is known as the “Sunday Roadhouse” series. They have staged about 200 concerts […]
Potential Bacon vs. Vargas rematch stirs heavy House fundraising in Nebraska
OMAHA — A possible rematch of Nebraska’s closest congressional race appears poised to be competitive again on the airwaves, too, based on summer fundraising numbers. U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., running for a fifth term, raised $532,000 in the third quarter. That tally pushed his campaign’s cash on hand to $1.06 million. State Sen. Tony […]
An Eastern Oregon effort to join Idaho reflects the growing American divide
ENTERPRISE, Ore. — This small ranching town, surrounded by towering tree-topped mountains and a valley of rolling grass fields, sits tucked into the northeast corner of the state — both out of the way and right in the middle of a contentious debate. At a meeting late last month, 25 people packed into a stuffy […]
Steve Scalise announces he’s undergoing treatment for cancer
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced on social media Tuesday he is undergoing treatment for cancer. He told followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter that he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma after undergoing tests. “After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done,” […]
Classic opera coming to Willa Cather’s hometown, featuring Red Cloud native
LINCOLN — Red Cloud native and opera singer Sarah Arneson will return to her hometown on Sept. 1 to perform a selection of classic arias and pieces referenced in the works of author Willa Cather. The performance will mark the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the Red Cloud Opera House, a project spearheaded by […]
Iowa Legislature passes legislation to outlaw most abortions after six weeks
The Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature, in a daylong special legislative session, passed a bill late Tuesday to outlaw most abortions in Iowa after six weeks of gestation. The House adjourned just after 9 p.m. Tuesday after sending House File 732 to the Senate with a vote of 56-34. Rep. Zach Dieken, R-Granville, and Rep. Mark Cisneros, […]
Treasury secretary pinpoints June 5 as earliest date for U.S. debt default
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress and the Biden administration have until at least June 5 to broker and enact a debt limit bill under new estimates from the Treasury Department, giving negotiators a few more days before the country would default. “Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that Treasury will have […]
Committee votes for Brewer’s voter ID proposal; Slama vows floor fight against ‘abomination’
LINCOLN — Last-minute tweaks to a potential compromise amendment implementing voter ID in Nebraska ran up against a deadline for scheduling floor debate that forced members of the Legislature’s Government and Military Affairs Committee to take sides. On Wednesday, they decided to back a months-long push by State Sen. Tom Brewer, the committee chairman, to […]
Hartington is set to dedicate a memorial to military veterans on May 27
LINCOLN — More than three years of planning and fundraising in Hartington will culminate May 27 with the dedication of a veterans memorial in its business district. The granite, steel and concrete memorial lists names of 1,060 veterans from the northeast Nebraska community who served in the military. “Our goal was to deliver a memorial […]
Proposed 12-week abortion cutoff hits sooner than Riepe’s, with no exception for fetal anomalies
LINCOLN — Last month, State Sen. Merv Riepe of Ralston was the reason the Nebraska Legislature fell a single vote short of outlawing abortions after an ultrasound detects embryonic cardiac activity, typically at about six weeks’ gestation. But Riepe’s new deal with his conservative colleagues, which contains a stricter ban than he proposed, could spur […]