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National Research: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — National Research Corp. (NRC) on Friday reported earnings of $5.7 million in its third quarter. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based company said it had net income of 24 cents per share. The advisor to healthcare providers posted...
Altogether fitting and proper? Trump repeatedly compares himself to Abraham Lincoln
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four score and seven years from now, the mystic chords of memory may recall the way Donald Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln, lauded him one day and lambasted him the next. It is altogether fitting and proper that our descendants would examine why the 45th...
A studio helps artists with developmental disabilities find their voice. It was almost shuttered.
Joey Dowding sits at the ceramics wheel on a Wednesday morning in June. He’s sporting a flower-print apron and a hesitant look directed at the hunk of brown clay before him. “Faster,” instructor Samantha Weiland says reassuringly as Dowding eases his foot on the wheel’s...
Federal judge orders 100-year-old Illinois prison depopulated because of decrepit condition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois must move most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison within less than two months because of decrepit conditions, a federal judge ruled. The Illinois Department of Corrections said that U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood's order, issued Friday,...
Nelnet: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nelnet Inc. (NNI) on Thursday reported profit of $45.1 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Lincoln, Nebraska-based company said it had net income of $1.23. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.20 per...
Former Bennington College head Mariko Silver to become Lincoln Center president in September
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Bennington College head Mariko Silver was hired Wednesday as president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The 46-year-old replaces Henry Timms, who is leaving after five years. Silver will start Sept. 23. “I grew up in the glow of...
