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“Our people made it”: Otoe-Missouria descendants welcomed back to Nebraska, 200 years after being forced out

For nearly 200 years, September 21st marked the day the Otoe-Missouria tribe was forced out of their lands, which would later become the city of Lincoln. Now the tribe hopes the day will serve as an annual reminder of reconciliation. Nebraska Public Media's Jackie Ourada follows them on their journey home.

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NU Regents approve pilot program to sell alcohol at basketball games

Lincoln City Council will need to give the plan a final stamp of approval to sell alcohol at Husker basketball games.

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Harassment, low morale and heavy caseloads: Report details challenges facing LPD

The policing consultant agency, 21CP Solutions, conducted the review upon request of Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. The report found growing concerns among its staff on harassment, staffing and diversity.

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Campaign Connection 2022

Campaign Connection 2022 is the home for Nebraska Public Media News coverage of the 2022 elections. Campaign Connection 2022 provides you with the resources to inform those decisions.

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Legislative elections to determine fate of abortion bills
The outcome of this November's elections to the Nebraska Legislature will determine the prospects of next year's legislation on abortion.
Regent Jim Pillen will vote for alcohol sales at PBA, approves of new multimedia rights deal
Pillen said the two-year trial was a conservative approach to see if the sales work at Husker athletic events. “There's been alcohol sales in Baxter Arena on UNO’s campus for years since Baxter has been built,” Pillen said. “This is a very, very conservative plan.”
‘Ignorant of critical issues’: NDEE to hear concerns about its proposed permit for large cattle operations
A new general permit would set requirements for large cattle operations like feedyards for five years, beginning April 1, 2023. But first, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy will get input on the proposed draft in a public hearing.
Suicide rates are higher among farmers. Some Midwest states are teaching communities how to help
Farmers die by suicide at a higher rate than the general population. That’s leading Midwestern states to train bankers, veterinarians and agribusiness professionals to be the new front line of defense against farm stress.
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Six small Nebraska towns are trying to ban abortion. Will it change anything?
"This is the real deal": Nebraska students heading to Florida for Hurricane Ian relief
NU Regents approve pilot program to sell alcohol at basketball games
Harassment, low morale and heavy caseloads: Report details challenges facing LPD
Rep. Don Bacon recovering from emergency appendectomy

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Overlooked: Corruption in Kansas City, Kansas
On Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, FBI agents arrested Roger Golubski — a retired Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective — on charges that he raped, sexually assaulted and kidnapped two women in the 1990s. Golubski's indictment and arrest was a big deal in the community. But it’s far from over. These federal charges are just a tiny piece of a decades-long story.
School librarian recalls ‘surreal’ police visits over books months before new Missouri law
Last fall, at school board meetings across the country, parents who were upset about COVID-19 precautions began to speak out about another grievance — school library books. In the St. Louis region, groups of parents went to board meetings to read aloud passages they said were sexually explicit, calling the books “criminal.”
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Suicide rates are higher among farmers. Some Midwest states are teaching communities how to help
Farmers die by suicide at a higher rate than the general population. That’s leading Midwestern states to train bankers, veterinarians and agribusiness professionals to be the new front line of defense against farm stress.
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