Governor Pete Ricketts said kids are at no more risk from COVID-19 than they are from the flu and shouldn’t be required to mask up for protection in schools. Local children’s doctor says otherwise.

The Legislature's redistricting committee will begin discussing redistricting maps next week, amid questions about whether those discussions should take place in public.

Plans are afoot to capture carbon dioxide from Nebraska ethanol plants and ship it out of state via pipeline for storage

Plans are afoot to capture carbon dioxide from Nebraska ethanol plants and ship it out of state via pipeline for storage

Board members with the Nebraska Department of Education are expected to vote Friday on whether to postpone any decision on proposed health education standards. A “yes” vote could shelve the standards indefinitely.

Nebraska is restarting a hospital transfer center, and Ricketts doubles down against school mask mandates

Scatter Joy Acres is heading to Louisiana this week to help rescue animals from struggling shelters following Hurricane Ida.

More than 5-thousand people tested positive for the virus last week. That means the 7-day average for cases stands at over 700 per day. According to the CDC, cases are up nearly 28 percent from last week.

There were 342 active hospitalizations at the end of August. Depending on how many beds the state has, that could be between eight or nine percent of the hospital beds. If the number were to rise above 10 percent, that may trigger indoor restrictions statewide. At the peak, there were nearly 1-thousand beds occupied last November.

According to the weekly report, another 16 Nebraskans died due to COVID last week.

An organization that helps resettle refugees from other countries says it expects upwards of 100 families to arrive in Nebraska from Afghanistan, some of them as soon as this week.
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska assists refugees with immediate necessities, like food and clothing, but also with more long-term housing and employment needs. President and CEO Chris Tonniges said the arrivals of refugees from Afghanistan could happen fairly quickly.

Nebraska Task Force 1 helped assist in more than 100 rescues Monday after Hurricane Ida scattered hurricane damage across Louisiana.