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
- Senators fight over north Omaha redevelopment funds
- Texting while driving, religious freedom bills aired
- Bills for better state contracts, easier occupational licenses advance
- Pillen: change tax incentives; senators: no big rules changes
- Pillen outlines priorities; open chairmanship elections fail
- Tax proposals, restrictions on foreign ag ownership introduced
- Omaha redevelopment funds could be shifted; rules still debated
- Supreme Court: Palmtag suit against Nebraska Republican Party can go to trial
- Legislative rules changes: a necessity, or an overreaction?
- Eased abortion restrictions proposed; Rules Committee advances open committee elections
- Reparations for slavery, abolition of tenure among proposals
- Pillen wants 40 percent property tax cut; doesn't specify plan
- Senators introduce bills, prepare for rules debate
- Hilgers weighs in on 2024 priorities
- Senators begin 2024 session with hope, apprehension
- Nebraska begins buying Colorado land for Perkins County Canal
- 2024 Legislature faces fiscal, social, self-governance issues
- Reflecting on 2023 with Fred Knapp
- Perkins County Canal plans spark enthusiasm, skepticism in Ogallala
- Pillen, consultant seek efficiencies, budget savings
- Pillen: Year 1 property tax changes "not the success that we wanted"
- Schools grappling with student cellphone use
- Supporters step up efforts to promote EPIC tax option
- Ricketts: Exempt military retirement from federal income tax
- Ex-Scottsbluff police captain gives up credentials over drugs