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State government reporter @NE_Examiner : Formerly @OWHnews/@YorkDispatch/@TheIdahoPress : Standard redhead : she/her
Lincoln, NE
Joined July 2010
RT @asanderford: K-12 FUND RUNNING OUT? The Education Future Fund, Nebraska's billion-dollar initial investment and yearly additions paying….
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Created in 2023, Nebraska's Education Future Fund could deplete within five years of its creation if lawmakers don't find new revenues to support it.
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RT @asanderford: BACON ON TRUMP-PUTIN SUMMIT: Nebraska GOP U.S. Rep. Don Bacon says President Donald Trump should remember who Vladimir Put….
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President Donald Trump must see Russian President Vladimir Putin for who he is, not how Trump might want him to be, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon says.
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RT @asanderford: CHILD ABUSE REVIEW: The Inspector General of Child Welfare dug into how Nebraska DHHS used a program meant to keep kids su….
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A new OIG report questions how Nebraska DHHS is using a family intervention program in cases of potential child abuse or neglect.
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RT @asanderford: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins heard about tough times from Nebraska farmers and ranchers during a tour and rou….
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Trump Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins heard about tariffs and trade in an ag roundtable at a facility in Saunders County operated by UNL.
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RT @asanderford: COUNTY TUSSLE: Deputy Douglas County Attorney Amy Jacobsen, who has prosecuted some high-profile cases, says she was fired….
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A deputy Douglas County attorney of 13 years says she was "fired" after telling her boss that she would be seeking his seat.
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RT @asanderford: NEBRASKA REDISTRICTING? Count Nebraska among the GOP-led states discussing mid-decade redistricting, depending on how Demo….
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Nebraska GOP U.S. Rep. Don Bacon confirmed conversations are happening about the state potentially redrawing the 2nd Congressional District.
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RT @asanderford: IMMIGRATION JAIL HERE? Nebraska is on a short list for a state-run, federally funded migrant detention center built to ope….
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Nebraska reportedly is under consideration to host a state-run immigration detention center launched in the likeness of "Alligator Alcatraz."
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RT @asanderford: CONGRESS IN TOWN: Nebraska’s congressional delegates spoke optimistically about federal policies helping the state’s econo….
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Nebraska's congressional delegation praised President Donald Trump's trade policies, despite warning signs for the agricultural industry.
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RT @asanderford: A STREETCAR NAMED HOUSING? New Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. wants to speed up investments in affordable housing tied to the….
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Mayor John Ewing Jr. wants Omaha to make what he calls the single largest investment in affordable housing, with help from the streetcar.
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RT @asanderford: WARNING SIGNS: Nebraska's GDP shrunk by a nation-leading 6.1% in the first quarter of 2025. Only Iowa lost as much, based….
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Nebraska tied with Iowa for the largest losses of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2025, of 6.1%, according to federal report.
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Since 2022, the Nebraska Democratic Party has outraised the Nebraska GOP, both at the state and federal level. But it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference in elections. We break it down here @NE_Examiner:.
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After its 2022 convention, donations to the Nebraska GOP fell, but the decline hasn't made much of an impact on elections in the years since.
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RT @asanderford: FALLING BACK: It’s official. Nebraska is back in the big red, a projected deficit of about $95 million after tax revenues….
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Nebraska is back in a projected budget deficit of roughly $95 million after tax revenues fell below projections.
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RT @asanderford: NEW CANDIDATE CONFIRMED: Nebraska's Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District has another familiar face seeking the Democrati….
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Crystal Rhoades joins five other Democrats trying to replace U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. She describes herself as a “unique candidate."
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RT @asanderford: VOTES TOSSED? The student panel in charge of elections at the University of Nebraska at Omaha invalidated this year’s winn….
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The University of Nebraska at Omaha's five-member Election Commission tossed out student votes and handed leadership to a team that lost.
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New favorite Pillen quote just dropped:."When anybody is talking about meat and it does not come from a live critter, a four-legged critter, it ain’t meat.". Poultry and fish industry, you have 24 hours to respond.
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Gov. Jim Pillen celebrates a win over lab-grown meat, ceremonially signing a bill in O'Neill banning the sale and production of the products.
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RT @asanderford: CLEANING THE CLOSETS? Gov. Jim Pillen ceremonially signed four bills Wednesday that he said would increase government effi….
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen praises passed government efficiency bills as he seeks 10% cut to state's general fund budget.
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RT @asanderford: MED AND RECREATIONAL CANNABIS: The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska became the first government in Nebraska on Tuesday to fully leg….
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The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska became the first government in Nebraska to fully legalize and seek to regulate both medicinal and adult recreational-use cannabis.
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RT @asanderford: STATE RECEIPTS DOWN: Nebraska ended the fiscal year about $86 million below its expected state tax revenues, further cemen….
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Nebraska appears to be headed back into a budget deficit after ending the fiscal year $86 million short of revenue projections.
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RT @4nsmiley: Nebraska’s U.S. senators will choose whether to cut $9.4B in funding from public media and foreign aid this week. Nebraska Pu….
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President Donald Trump seeks to do what two previous GOP administrations talked about but didn’t — strip federal funding from NPR and PBS.
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