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Fallen Nebraska officer honored with photo on wall of Ceresco restaurant
CERESCO, Neb. (KLKN) — A Ceresco restaurant is keeping Officer Ross Bartlett’s memory alive with a special memorial. On Thursday, owner Ron Tegtmeier placed Bartlett’s photo on a memorial wall at the Legendary Red Rooster Restaurant. Bartlett was killed in the line of duty Friday night while...
Lightning strike sparked fire at wildlife refuge near Nebraska-Iowa border
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Lightning sparked a fire Tuesday at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near the Nebraska-Iowa border. In an update Wednesday, Blair Volunteer Fire & Rescue said a dead cottonwood tree was struck by lightning, igniting the wildfire. Multiple agencies responded to the wildlife refuge just east...
Stunning last-minute defeat for Pillen tax shift bill likely ensures special session
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from Gov. Pillen during his session-ending speech. LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen’s much-amended plan to raise sales taxes to decrease local property taxes went down in flames Thursday, the final day of the 2024 state legislative session. It was a stunning defeat for the idea […] The post Stunning last-minute defeat for Pillen tax shift bill likely ensures special session appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.
Storms Rumble Across Eastern Nebraska Late Monday, Early Tuesday
LINCOLN–(KFOR Apr. 16)–Severe weather moved across portions of east-central and southeast Nebraska late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, dumping heavy rain in a short amount of time and high winds caused some tree damage. A tornado watch was posted shortly after 2am Tuesday for the area and...
Nebraska lawmakers end session, leaving taxes for later
Nebraska lawmakers adjourned Thursday knowing they’ll be called back by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen for a summer session to ease soaring property taxes. A Pillen-backed sales tax expansion failed on the last day of the session after its author, Omaha Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, pulled it from consideration because it lacked support. “Because of this legislature’s inaction this morning, Nebraskans will not see a penny of property tax relief this session,” Pillen told lawmakers as he announced the special session. “It’s unacceptable from my seat.” The unique one-chamber, officially nonpartisan Legislature’s 60-day session began more collegially than last year, when a measure to greatly restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors generated bitter acrimony and an epic filibuster before passing — along with a 12-week abortion ban.
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