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
- Mask, Testing Mandates Survive; Canal Questions Raised
- Ricketts Promotes Income Tax Cuts; Colorado Officials Talk Canal
- Colorado Governor Spokesperson: Nebraska’s "Canal to Nowhere” a “Boondoggle”
- School Aid Increase Put on Hold in Legislature
- School Funding/Tax Stalemate Continues; Police Shortage Heard
- Ricketts Canal Proposal Questioned; Vaccine Bill Advances
- School Property Tax Cap Blocked; Ban on Breaks for Casinos Heard
- New Prison, Partisanship Focus of Hearings
- Recall of Governors and Legislators Heard; School Taxes Debated
- Juvenile Diversion Bill Stopped; Halt to Teacher Testing Heard
- Nebraska Calls for Convention of States to Propose Amendments
- Senators Debate Treatment of Students Who Miss Too Much School
- Criminal Justice Reform Heard; School Tax Credit Advances
- Social Security Tax Cuts Advance; School Aid, Canal Discussed
- Social Security, Abortion, Casino Proposals Discussed
- Catholic Church, Insurance Companies Oppose Sex Abuse Proposal
- Legislature's Appropriations Chair Questions Perkins Canal Spending
- Nebraska on Verge of Endorsing Convention of States
- DNA Testing Advances in Legislature
- Proposal to Collect DNA Samples Sparks Opposition
- Flood Running to Replace Fortenberry in Congress
- Ricketts' Priorities Lauded and Challenged
- Private School Scholarship Proposal Blocked in Legislature
- Inheritance Tax Cuts Advance; Private School Scholarships Debated
- Big Water Projects Proposed; Convention of States Advanced