Noelle Annonen
Multimedia Reporter
Noelle Annonen joined Nebraska Public Media in 2026. She got her start as a print reporter covering local government in Massachusetts before joining public radio as a general assignment reporter in Birmingham, Alabama. Her reporting focuses include law and policy, criminal justice, and environment. In her spare time, Noelle can be found spinning, jumping and falling on ice rinks.
Recent News Stories
- Nebraska’s foster care system is improving, still in need of more support
- Statue of Capitol Cat in limbo as commission questions Cameron’s historical value
- Judicial branch changes probation services amid statewide budget cuts
- Nebraska could get more than $200M from Instagram settlement
- Museum of Modern Art loans works to Lincoln museum for exhibition
- Legal Marijuana NOW candidate drops out of Nebraska Senate race
- Democratic candidate for governor shares details of fiscal policy under a Walz administration, Pillen shoots back
- More Nebraska parents are choosing homeschooling over public schools
- Following Pillen’s budget memo, Nebraska leaders detail plans to cut staff, increase fees
- Nebraska receives federal funding to use AI in the foster care system
- Nebraska's July tax receipts were less than expected for the fifth month in a row
- Nebraska's federal representatives talk energy, Chinese competition and Iran at summit
- Department of Correctional Services projects running at full steam, despite state budget cuts
- Property tax relief swamps all other state spending in Nebraska
- Lindstrom appears to have enough signatures to run for Nebraska governor
- Nebraska becomes first state to disenroll Medicaid recipients under new work requirements
- County commissioner receives death threats after data center vote, recall not expected until January
- Nebraska Chamber, immigrant advocacy group talk immigration policy and workforce solutions
- Lawmakers eyeing state’s cash reserve as budget hole grows to $200 million
- Gage County residents push for board to approve data center moratorium
- Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission adds specific regulations, including licensing fees
- Pillen ends tax incentives for data center developers building in Nebraska
- Twelfth Nebraska county temporarily bans data centers
- Nebraska’s tax receipts come in below projections for fourth month in a row
- Cass County moves closer to moratorium on data centers