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
- 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
- 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