Fred Knapp
Reporter/Producer
Fred Knapp has reported on Nebraska for more than 30 years, covering the Legislature, state government and a wide range of stories across the state – first as a newspaper reporter for The Lincoln Journal Star and, since 2001, in public broadcasting for what’s now Nebraska Public Media. A native of New Jersey (Exit 143A), Knapp is a graduate of Yale, Columbia and several STOP classes. In his spare time, he enjoys taking road trips and lots of pictures.
Recent News Stories
- Legislature Approves Budget; Lake, Canal Projects Advance
- Prison Reform, Taxes, Budget Remain Tangled in Legislature
- Tax Cuts Fall Short; Abortion Ban to be Debated in Legislature
- Criminal Justice Reform Discussion Slows Budget Action
- Legislature Moves Toward Approving ARPA Spending
- Help for Poor Areas of Omaha Advanced Despite Cost Questions
- Senators Discuss Causes of Prison Overcrowding
- New Prison, Criminal Justice Reform Dominate Budget Debate
- Budget Debate Opens; Abortion Bills Remain in Committee
- Yearlong Daylight Savings Advanced; Sentencing, ARPA Bills Move
- Permitless Concealed Carry Advances; Budget Debates Loom
- Legislature Debates Allowing Concealed Guns Without a Permit
- Legislature Advances Water Projects Despite Some Skepticism
- Concealed Guns Without Permit to be Debated; Casino Bill Moves Ahead
- Gun Proposal Could be Debated; $10M AltEn Pollution Study Heard
- Ricketts: New Tax Figures Support Prison, Water, Tax Proposals.
- Holocaust Education Requirement Advances
- State Revenue Projections Raised as Tax, Spending Decisions Loom
- Water Projects, Preparations for Livestock Disease Move Ahead
- Income Tax Cuts Advance; Abortion Proposals Heard
- Income Tax "Right-Sizing" Discussed; Ricketts Appoints Jacobson
- Senators discuss harassment following Groene's resignation
- State Sen. Mike Groene Agrees to Resign Amid Harassment Accusations
- Income Tax Cuts Criticized; Closed Meeting Held on Canal Idea
- Vaccine Exemption Bill Advances; Income Tax Debate Starts