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Union Pacific: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.64 billion. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of $2.69. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The...
Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools
Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state's capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence. The Republican-led Legislature in...
Public school advocates again face how to stop school choice in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public school advocates in Nebraska are decrying the passage of bill to directly fund private school tuition with taxpayer money as a “cowardly act" to keep voters from deciding the issue at the ballot box. On Thursday — the last day of this year’s...
Ex-Nebraska women's basketball assistant coach denies sexual involvement with player who sued
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska women's basketball assistant coach Chuck Love denied ever having a sexual relationship with former Cornhuskers player Ashley Scoggin but acknowledged in a court document that he did meet with her late at night in a Lincoln parking lot. Scoggin in...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. April 20, 2024. Editorial: DHHS audit reveals agency, new director have work to do The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services likely mishandled tens of millions of state and federal dollars last year, handing out millions in taxpayer...
Hong, Young lead Stanford men's gymnastics to 5th consecutive national title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Stanford's Asher Hong won the vault, parallel bars and rings and Khoi Young won the all-around title to help the Cardinal secure its fifth consecutive NCAA men's gymnastics national championship on Saturday. Stanford won its 10th title in program history —...
Nebraska's governor says he'll call lawmakers back to address tax relief
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes. On the last day of the 60-day session Thursday, some...
Nebraska lawmakers end session, leaving taxes for later
Nebraska lawmakers adjourned Thursday knowing they'll be called back by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen for a summer session to ease soaring property taxes. A Pillen-backed sales tax expansion failed on the last day of the session after its author, Omaha Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, pulled it...
The push for school choice in Nebraska is pitting lawmakers against their constituents
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set for the first time to pass a bill that would block the public from voting on a ballot measure initiated by citizens of the state, setting up what could be a long battle over whether to fund private school tuition with public dollars. On...
Much of central US faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms Monday night through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some states. A large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is...
