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Nebraska Commission Deviates From Voters’ Will on Medical Cannabis
Cannabis Business Times
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September 4, 2025
Nebraska voters backed a licensed and regulated medical cannabis program by a 67% majority in the November 2024 election, but now state-appointed officials are moving forward on regulations that veer from their will. The Nebraska Medical Cannabis...
Governors Split Over Mobilizing National Guard
Kingman Leader-Courier - Kansas
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By Jonathan Shorman, States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Inside a bustling Union Station, commuters and tourists breeze past armed military personnel patrolling in groups of three or four as part of President Donald Trump’s surge of National Guard troops...
Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center receives governor’s award
The Fence Post - Nebraska
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September 4, 2025
By Geitner Simmons, IANR Media LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center has received the Governor’s Excellence in Ag Partnership Award for its scientific excellence and support of Nebraska agricultural stakeholders. Gov. Jim...
Insider notes on Nebraska & Northwestern: Draft grades on top prospects ft. Dane Key, Anto Saka, and more
Sportskeeda
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September 4, 2025
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is likely on his last legs and must win next year, or he could be out in Lincoln. Meanwhile, Northwestern head coach David Braun, who saved the program after the Pat Fitzgerald fiasco of 2023, should get his team...
‘Cornhusker Clink’: Nebraska Judiciary Committee meeting with governor’s executive team
WOWT 6 - Nebraska
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September 4, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee is meeting with members of Gov. Jim Pillen’s executive team on Thursday afternoon to address questions that appeared in a letter sent by 13 senators last week. According to a...
AARP Nebraska's September scam watch alerts
Central Nebraska Today
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Lishchyshyn / Depositphotos.com NEBRASKA — Here are three important things to know about fraud right now. First, most scams today are often run by highly organized international criminal networks, not individuals acting alone. These mafia-style...
HDA taps Hannah Seitzinger as director of state government affairs
Drug Store News
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September 4, 2025
The Healthcare Distribution Alliance is welcoming Hannah Seitzinger as director of state government affairs. In this role, Seitzinger will represent HDA’s healthcare distributor members in multiple states across the Midwest and report to Leah...
Bruce Springsteen is finally releasing ‘Electric Nebraska.’ Listen to the first song here.
NJ.com - New Jersey
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September 4, 2025
Bruce Springsteen just announced he is releasing a mythical cut of one of his most beloved albums. Springsteen revealed Thursday that "Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition," a box set featuring recordings from the legendary “Electric Nebraska” sessions,...
SC governor wants to exclude candy, sodas from grocery assistance program
SC Daily Gazette - South Carolina
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September 4, 2025
COLUMBIA — South Carolinians would no longer be able to buy candy, sodas and other sugary drinks with government grocery benefits under a proposal released Thursday. The request by Gov. Henry McMaster is part of the Trump administration’s “make...
Grocery industry summit focuses on the future of local stores
The Fence Post - Nebraska
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September 4, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Cooperative Development Center and the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association are hosting the third annual Grocery Industry Summit on Aug. 21, in Kearney, to explore solutions to challenges...
How Bruce Springsteen Perfected The Art Of Timing A Business Launch With ‘Tracks II’
Forbes
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Bruce Springsteen performs at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy during an Amnesty International concert in Paris on December 10, 1998. Conventional wisdom among Bruce Springsteen fans holds that the 1990s were his "lost" decade — a period where...
Governors split over mobilizing National Guard as Trump seeks more troops
Louisiana Illuminator
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September 4, 2025
WASHINGTON — Inside a bustling Union Station, commuters and tourists breeze past armed military personnel patrolling in groups of three or four as part of President Donald Trump’s surge of National Guard troops and federal agents into the nation’s...
Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission Adopts Stricter Rules for Industry and Patients
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission on Tuesday voted to amend emergency medical cannabis regulations that are stricter than the emergency regulations they adopted in late June, the Nebraska Examiner reports. The new rules prohibit edibles of...
BBB warns that Docusign scams are common in Nebraska during budget season
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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September 4, 2025
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - With budget season here for families and businesses, the Better Business Bureau warns to be on the lookout for Docusign and invoice scams. According to the BBB, Docusign is an easy way for companies and organizations to...
Ricketts wants to beef up federal program that grows small rural businesses
Nebraska Examiner
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September 4, 2025
OMAHA — A federal program to help boost small rural businesses would be extended and enhanced under a bipartisan bill to be introduced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and a Democratic colleague from Minnesota. The Rural...
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture shines at state fair
KHGI - Nebraska
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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Students, faculty, and staff from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) were actively involved in this year's Nebraska State Fair, showcasing their skills and enthusiasm. Nearly two dozen representatives, many...
Agricultural Industry Veteran Eric Heismeyer Named CEO of Landus Cooperative
Progressive Farmer
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"Eric is not joining Landus to reset the course but to accelerate the progress already underway," said Tim Kolder, board chairman of Landus. "His experience leading complex agricultural businesses and building cultures of accountability makes him...
Florida governor’s administration pushes to eliminate state’s vaccine mandates
Nebraska Examiner
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September 4, 2025
This story first appeared on Florida Phoenix. Schoolchildren, college students, and even nursing home residents would no longer have to be vaccinated against infectious diseases and viruses if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his boss,...
Nebraska cuts funding for everyday drug take-back program
KETV 7 - Nebraska
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September 4, 2025
The state of Nebraska is cutting funding for the statewide everyday drug take-back program.The Nebraska Pharmacists Association says nearly 280,000 pounds of medication have been disposed of through the program since it began in 2015.It said the...
Nebraska U.S. House members won’t sign petition to force open Epstein files
Nebraska Examiner
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September 3, 2025
LINCOLN — A push to release all the federal government’s files on a Florida sex offender reemerged as Congress returned from the August break. Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is pressing a discharge petition to force a vote to release more of the...