U.S. Rep. Mike Flood discusses the federal government shutdown, ACA tax credits, agriculture economic assistance and the Farm Bill.

While the process to bring medical marijuana to Nebraska is moving in fits and starts, plans for recreational marijuana are moving quickly. The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, which legalized cannabis for both recreational and medical use in July, has announced plans to open a dispensary early next year.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music and the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film may have one director for the two schools under the university’s budget cut proposal. The music director spoke with Nebraska Public Media about how this decision could hurt each program.

The first two medical cannabis cultivator license applications have been approved in Nebraska. Nancy Laughlin-Wagner on behalf of Midwest Cultivators Group in Omaha and Patrick Thomas of Raymond will each receive an offer of licensure to grow and cultivate up to 1250 flowering marijuana plants for medical purposes. Their applications were among the four that were randomly selected to be scored by the members of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s evaluation team, which includes all three commission members: Chair Monica Oldenburg, Lorelle Mueting and J. Michael Coffey.

If you turn on a faucet on the Santee Sioux reservation, the water that comes out looks normal enough. But there’s a good chance the sink it’s pouring into is discolored or corroded. Drink the water, and you’re putting yourself at risk of negatively impacting your memory, attention, or motor skills, particularly if you’re very young or very old. That’s because the water here has a dangerously high level of manganese, a naturally occurring mineral that can’t be boiled away. The tribe has issued a drinking water advisory to the reservation recommending tap water not be consumed due to manganese detected at more than ten times above the EPA Health Advisory level.

The American Heartland has experienced a boom in wineries over the last three decades. But with U.S. wine sales trending down since 2019, some producers are feeling the effects more than others.

The Omaha Police Department’s internal investigation regarding the traffic stop of boxer Terance “Bud” Crawford is nearing its end, according to police officials. OPD Chief Todd Schmaderer told reporters it was determined the officers involved in the traffic stop acted in accordance with department policy

The Omaha Police Department’s internal investigation regarding the traffic stop of boxer Terance “Bud” Crawford is nearing its end, according to police officials. OPD Chief Todd Schmaderer told reporters it was determined the officers involved in the traffic stop acted in accordance with department policy

Nebraska county officials say things the Legislature requires them to do, but doesn't pay for, put pressure on property taxpayers.

Jane Goodall spent her life studying the behavior of primates – their relationships, their behaviors, their emotions. But they weren’t the only animals she admired. For more than twenty years, the great sandhill crane migration drew the legendary primatologist to the center of Nebraska. Author and photographer Alan Bartels told Nebraska Public Media’s Jackie Ourada about his friendship with Jane Goodall that began after a visit she made here.