Profiles
Brittany Burling recalls enjoying a glass of wine every now and then. During the COVID-19 pandemic, "Then" became a little more often.
"We were all just stuck at home," Burling said. "And I felt my...
The jury has reached a decision. The verdict … Guilty on both counts: Committing terroristic threats and third-degree assault in a road-rage, criminal case, heard recently before the Hon. Thomas K....
In the movie, “Almost Famous,” inspired by the real-life experiences of director Cameron Crowe, who started writing for the “Rolling Stone,” at age 15, his character is given back-stage access to...
Dan Schultz transitioned from a military career as an electronic warfare officer to opening a housecleaning franchise. He embraces his military training in building the franchise. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)
Dan Schultz likely could have had his pick of jobs when he retired from the Air Force. Defense-related contractor positions were within his grasp. With two master's degrees, maybe he could have used...
I hate America - hardly. But it wasn’t one person speaking ... It was millions, collectively united as one.
From sea to shining sea and beyond our nation’s shores, people rallied together in rural,...
Today’s News
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State address Jan. 25, 2023. (Courtesy of the Unicameral Information Office)
LINCOLN — With a projected $471 million budget deficit on the horizon, Gov. Jim Pillen looked to the state Department of Health and Human Services for the largest chunk of his proposed budget cuts....
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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance broke a tied Senate vote to block advancement of a war powers resolution that would have stopped President Donald Trump from taking further military action...
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Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets. But there is a problem: “national interest” is an inherently ambiguous phrase. Although...
Since this administration is so keen on renaming things like the Kennedy Center and the Department of Justice, I propose we rename a few other things in Washington. For instance, the Center for...
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature’s Executive Board unanimously advanced a resolution Monday to expel State Sen. Dan McKeon of Amherst after hearing from his attorney and an outside investigator....
This Week's News
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State address Jan. 25, 2023. (Courtesy of the Unicameral Information Office)
01/19/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — With a projected $471 million budget deficit on the horizon, Gov. Jim Pillen looked to the state Department of Health and Human Services for the largest chunk of his proposed budget cuts.
Pillen previewed his preferred mid-cycle...
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01/19/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance broke a tied Senate vote to block advancement of a war powers resolution that would have stopped President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization....
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01/19/2026 - 12:00am
Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets. But there is a problem: “national interest” is an inherently ambiguous phrase. Although it is often presented as an expression of sheer...
01/16/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Legislature’s Executive Board unanimously advanced a resolution Monday to expel State Sen. Dan McKeon of Amherst after hearing from his attorney and an outside investigator.
The board voted 9-0 to advance Legislative...
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01/16/2026 - 12:00am
Becky Stamp had already been ordered to repay clients for inflated fees that she took from their accounts when a judge signed a warrant for her arrest in early November.
A court-appointed guardian who managed the lives and finances of dozens of...
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01/16/2026 - 12:00am
In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in a federal court in Florida. It was only the latest in a long series of high-dollar legal challenges Trump has brought against prominent media organizations,...
A Sarpy County subdivision. (Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)
01/14/2026 - 11:24pm
LINCOLN — Citing soaring housing costs, Nebraska’s new treasurer is pushing a proposal designed to help first-time home buyers achieve homeownership.
Legislative Bill 938, the First-Time Homeowner Savings Account Act, was introduced Friday by State...
ADM facilities pictured in Decatur, Illinois, on March 6, 2015. On Christmas Eve 2022, parts of Archer Daniels Midland’s Fremont, Nebraska, grain processing plant were damaged in an explosion. (Darrell Hoemann / Investigate Midwest)
01/14/2026 - 11:23pm
On Christmas Eve 2022, parts of Archer Daniels Midland’s Fremont, Nebraska, grain processing plant were damaged in an explosion. A mechanical malfunction had created a spark and combustible grain dust caught fire.
No one was injured, but the...
01/14/2026 - 11:21pm
A real estate gamble gone sideways has hollowed out more than a third of the apartment buildings in Palmer Park. Close to two dozen buildings in the neighborhood are practically abandoned, putting the viability of the neighborhood and its historic...
01/14/2026 - 11:18pm
On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the United States out of the world’s most important global treaty for combating climate change. He said it was because the treaty ran “contrary to the interests of the...
01/14/2026 - 3:03am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are set to consider a slew of nationally relevant topics in the 2026 legislative session, including new bills addressing immigration enforcement, homeless encampments and artificial intelligence.
More than 100 new bills...
01/14/2026 - 3:00am
Many adults are breathing a sigh of relief as the 6-7 meme fades away as one of the biggest kid-led global fads of 2025.
In case you managed to miss it, 6-7 is a slang term – spoken aloud as “six seven” – accompanied by an arm gesture that mimics...
QL Concepts' CEO Ricardo Conde, left, and aeronautic engineer Andres Felipe Giraldo, demonstrate the use of their bio-security helmets, while walking through a neighborhood in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo / Fernando Vergara)
01/14/2026 - 2:00am
Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are our experiments in...
01/14/2026 - 1:00am
After months of confusion and disappointment, state leaders announced Friday that money promised to domestic violence service providers last year will finally be distributed.
The Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, which helps...
01/13/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Calling affordable child care vital to Nebraska’s workforce, business leaders joined other advocates Thursday in championing a proposed state law to extend current income eligibility levels for a child care subsidy.
Hunter Traynor,...
Trying to be everything to everyone can backfire. (Illustration by Karen Anne Wallach using Gemini via The Conversation)
01/13/2026 - 12:00am
Imagine you are searching for a new mattress online and find something surprising. The retailer displays an ad featuring a “Mattress Comfort Scale” running from 1 (soft) to 10 (firm), followed by the message that if your firmness preference is at...
People gather at an anti-immigration enforcement rally and vigil for Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Philadelphia. (Tassanee Vejpongsa / AP Photo)
01/13/2026 - 12:00am
Ah, the new year! What a good time to change bad habits in one’s life. A time in which people make ‘new-year’s resolutions’, or perhaps more accurately, what they make as self-promises are actually prophecies which most hope will be fulfilled. At...
01/13/2026 - 12:00am
Dr. Ali Khan knelt down outside a Karachi doorway and extended his hand. The young girl who, moments earlier, had just received the polio vaccine extended her hand and a skeptical look toward the smiling doctor in a red hat emblazoned with a white N...
