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
- Suspending young students sparks debate, data center proposals heard
- Nebraska Legislature reprimands senator who removed pictures from walls
- Committee hears sales-tax-for-property-tax swap, first responder protections advance
- Senators debate human relations training, dynamic pricing for rideshares
- Legislative committee hears proposals to regulate AI chatbots
- Harassment allegation against senator derails antisemitism bill in Nebraska Legislature
- Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers
- Bill requiring pregnant women be asked about trafficking and abuse fails, tougher penalties for foreign ballot funding heard
- License plate readers in work zones dropped, debate on asking pregnant women if they're being abused continues
- Budget, information for pregnant women debated in Legislature
- Antisemitism, missing Black women and abortion discussed in Legislature
- Changes in rape cases advance, gender transition limits heard by Legislature
- Human trafficking fight advances; trans bathroom bill heard
- Bill abolishing workplace safety committees advances
- Immigration, health measures, in-state tuition discussed in Legislature
- Tuition breaks fall short, suspending young students moves ahead in Legislature
- Higher court fees criticized; firefighters' work comp battle continues
- Firefighters' stalemate continues; services tax introduced for Pillen
- Firefighters' cancer coverage, domestic violence funding discussed
- Legislature debates who should pay for state mandates
- State senators react to Pillen's upbeat picture in State of State speech
- Senators discuss lottery tickets in vending machines, ICE in schools
- Senator resigns, legislation on drones, prisons and more introduced
- Legislature set to debate expelling Sen. Dan McKeon
- Homebuyer subsidies, cannabis commission elections proposed