Nebraska Update

Funding for a prevention program targeting violent extremism will concentration on an unlikely place: central Nebraska. The funded program has an unusual approach: identifying signs of radicalization using a public health approach.

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A task force would recommend solutions to alcohol-related problems in Whiteclay; motorcycle helmets would not be required, a challenge to Sen. Ernie Chambers’ election will proceed; and farmers could more easily repair new tractors, under measures discussed in the Nebraska Legislature Thursday.

The Great Plains are dotted with abandoned towns. Each one has its own story. In turn of the century America, thousands of homesteaders migrated west and the Great Plains gave even the most marginalized groups of people a chance at making a living.

Mandatory minimum sentences would be eliminated for people convicted of certain drug crimes, under a proposal advancing in the Nebraska Legislature. And a key senator proposed reducing the state’s required budget reserve, as senators began focusing on legislation to cut taxes.

Rural voters overwhelmingly chose Donald Trump in the presidential election. But when it comes to one central campaign promise, getting tough on trade, rural voters are not necessarily in sync with the administration.

Mandatory minimum sentences would be abolished for some crimes, under a bill being debated in the Nebraska Legislature. And it looks like chances have dimmed for a proposed two-year moratorium on the development of wind farms in the Sandhills.

In the Nebraska Legislature Monday, senators discussed prison spending with Corrections Director Scott Frakes in the aftermath of the latest violence at the state prison in Tecumseh. And they delayed a proposal to pay for a second medical opinion for employees involved in workers compensation cases.

Combine quilting and painting, and you have an art form called barn quilts. You see these throughout Nebraska, and they’re the subject of a new NET documentary, “Patchwork on the Plains: Nebraska’s Barn Quilt Culture.” Here is the story of one barn quilt and how this folk art style is becoming more...

Nebraska lawmakers reacted sharply Friday to news of two inmate deaths Thursday at the state prison in Tecumseh, while Corrections Director Scott Frakes pushed back against the idea that the incident shows Nebraska’s prison system is in chaos.

It’s taken him five years, but Nebraska native and painter Todd Williams is finally ready for a vacation. He’s been working nonstop since 2011, completing 124 paintings of people, places and historical events. They represent Nebraska’s 93 counties and the last 150 years. The project is one of a kind...