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Neb. Committee Advances Bill To Define Male, Female For Sports, Bathrooms, State Agencies

Yankton Daily Press 21 Mar 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska legislative committee, voting along partisan lines, advanced a proposal Thursday to define “male” and “female” in state law that seeks to restrict student-athlete participation and bathroom use by sex at birth ....
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Two Omaha men indicted in Saunders County bank robbery

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Two Omaha men were indicted Tuesday on charges related to an armed bank robbery in Cedar Bluffs in January, the Saunders County Sheriff's Office said ... .
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Nebraska officials react to Trump's executive order to dismantle Department of Education

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Department of Education, prompting mixed reactions from state officials and causing uncertainty for Nebraska educational entities ... .
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43-year-old woman accused of stealing nearly $58K of aluminum, other metals

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Prosecutors have charged a Lincoln woman with felony theft for allegedly stealing nearly $58,000 worth of aluminum and other metals from a local business ... .
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Don Wesely, former Nebraska legislator and Lincoln mayor, dies

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Don Wesely, a longtime state lawmaker from Lincoln who also served a term as the city's mayor, died unexpectedly this week at his home. He was 70 ... .
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Ordinance would increase food availability, Lincoln officials say

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Gardeners would be able to sell their produce right from their home gardens with proposed ordinance changes city officials say will strengthen local food security and expand economic opportunities ... .
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I-80 reopens; thousands remain without power across Nebraska

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Weather Feature, 3.19 ... .
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Lincoln woman takes manslaughter plea in overdose death of husband

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
A Lincoln woman pleaded no contest to manslaughter Wednesday for causing her husband's death in 2023 unintentionally by giving him a syringe loaded with a mix of methamphetamine and fentanyl ... .
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Man shot by Lincoln police after ramming cruiser gets long prison sentence

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
A Lincoln man on the run from federal supervised release when he rammed a police cruiser in 2023, pinning a woman under a Jeep while trying to get away, has been sentenced to 40 to 55 years in state prison ... .
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Site near Cornhusker Hotel picked for Lincoln convention center

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Lincoln’s convention center should be built near the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in downtown Lincoln, the committee charged with recommending a location decided Thursday ... .
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Science journalist Yong to deliver lecture at Lincoln's Lied Center

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
The 2024-25 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues will continue Tuesday with a lecture from science journalist and bestselling author Ed Yong ... .
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Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer: 'I support DOGE'

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Deb Fischer, 3.20 ... .
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Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to help provide housing to domestic violence survivors

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Daily Minute. Death ruled suicide; Betting proposal advances; Ex-athlete sues UNL ... .
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Nebraska lawmakers advance proposed 20% tax on Zyn nicotine pouches

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Nebraska lawmakers gave first-round approval Wednesday to a proposed law that would place a 20% tax on the wholesale price of nicotine pouches, most notably Zyn, which entered the market more than a decade ago but exploded in popularity in ... .
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Power outages continue as Nebraskans recover from spring blizzard

News-Press Now 21 Mar 2025
Lincolnites awoke to colder-than-normal temperatures and 5 inches of snow Thursday, the first official day of spring ... .

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