Fred Knapp
Senior 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), Fred 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
- Nebraska sergeant at arms turns 100 years old
- Federal stimulus money to fund state aid to schools
- Cigar bar exemption to smoking ban advances
- Senators talk compromise on cigar bars
- Compromise would allow smoking in cigar bars
- Legislature debates smoking ban exception for cigar bars
- Death penalty proposal stalled
- Heineman accused of using federal stimulus money to better himself politically
- Focus on consumer confidence, not small business
- Sex offender civil commitment law found constitutional
- State layoffs predicted
- Counties responsible for assessing property
- Questions remain over funding for a plan for troubled youth
- Proposal could triple funding for troubled youth
- Cooper Nuclear Station shut down for repairs
- Safe Haven hotline advances
- Proposals on ultrasounds before abortion heard
- Narrowing of death penalty considered
- Wrongly imprisoned compensation proposal continues to tie up Legislature
- U.S. Senator Mike Johanns recovers from surgery
- Reimbursing the Wrongfully Imprisoned
- Immigration compromise reached
- State economic forecasters cut revenue estimates by $362 million
- Appropriations committee announces preliminary budget
- Immigration bill advances in legislature