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
- Pillen, Walz advance in Nebraska governor's race
- Nebraska's revisor of statutes retires after 40 years
- ‘You have the power’: New law gives expanded voting rights to Nebraskans with felony convictions
- Medical Cannabis Commission clears path for cultivator inspections, but advocates warn delays continue
- Nebraska sports financing board OKs tax incentives for Lincoln and Omaha projects, rejects others
- Nebraska becomes second state to delay moving public school students to homeschool if guardian is under investigation
- Developmental disability advocates seek fresh takes on policy
- ‘Like trying to get Taylor Swift tickets': Nebraska businesses struggle with tariff refund system
- Nebraska poll workers must represent different parties. Sometimes they get drafted
- Progressive voter advocacy group to fund voter turnout in Nebraska
- Nebraska medical marijuana advocates react to federal reclassification
- Nebraska corrections director says population, safety issues in youth facilities need to be addressed
- Pillen promises no big government as Nebraska faces ballooning budget shortfall
- Nebraska bolsters public official security as threats on the rise across the country
- U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn faces another election spending complaint
- Poll shows tight race for Nebraska governor, with Walz five points behind Pillen
- Bill banning foreign funds from supporting ballot initiatives backed by Republican groups
- Unprioritized bills, like SNAP measure to help Nebraska refugees, face uncertain future
- Goodwill closes behavioral health services program in Grand Island
- Nebraska lawmakers kill initiative to hold back 3rd graders struggling with reading
- Proposed amendments sink bill giving doctors immunity on medical cannabis
- Mail-in voting begins for Nebraska’s primary election
- Legislature makes history, passes Nebraska's first bill on medical cannabis
- Nebraska Legislature advances bill paving the way for data centers
- Nebraska lawmakers advance bill prohibiting weapons in the Capitol