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 senators divided over Pillen’s call for more budget cuts
- Will caps lower Nebraska property taxes? Think tank execs weigh
- Program intended to create Nebraska jobs does not pay for itself, report finds
- Judge delays temporary injunction against Lincoln's minimum wage ordinance
- Data centers are eyeing Nebraska. Here’s how counties are responding
- More nationally funded anti-Trump billboards launching in Lincoln, Omaha
- Seward County becomes latest Nebraska county to put moratorium on data centers
- No longer affordable: Nebraskans say rent costs are a major stressor
- Nebraska’s gubernatorial candidates raking in fundraising ahead of general election
- Nebraska’s medical marijuana regulations are set to expire before commission’s next opportunity to renew them
- K-9 comfort: How a pair of golden labs help support crime victims in Nebraska courtrooms
- Gage County Planning and Zoning Commission recommends 18-month moratorium on data centers
- What gets taxed and where does it go? A look at Nebraska’s budget policy during a deficit
- Nebraska auditor inundated with anonymous tips of fraudulent government spending
- Nebraska Brand Committee raises inspection fees, appoints interim director
- Governor dispatches state National Guard to 9,000-acre wildfire in Nebraska Panhandle
- Nebraska secretary of state plans to comply with presidential election order
- Political group launches anti-Trump ad campaign in Nebraska
- Some Nebraska ranchers feel forgotten as brand bill lowers feedlot fees, raises brand fees
- Drought could reduce Nebraska sugar beet crop by one-third
- Pillen signs executive order requiring reporting for antisemitism across Nebraska
- Internal poll shows Democratic challenger Lynne Walz closing in on Jim Pillen in Nebraska governor's race
- Nebraska family ‘bonds for life’ with French researcher who uncovered records of WWII soldier
- Cameron the Capitol Cat bids farewell to constituents, retreats to private life
- Nebraskans discuss the issues that brought them to the polls on Tuesday