SEXUAL MISCONDUCT? At least two staffers at the state's juvenile treatment center in Kearney have resigned, another is on leave, and a fourth faces a criminal charge. From @SaraGentzler and @flatwaterfreep via @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/D80nOdMk2p

Past and present. Go get No. 9.

BIG STEP: The final beam, covered by a slew of supporter signatures, was hoisted Thursday atop the $17.5 million building addition to the OneWorld Community Health Centers campus. From @cgonzalez_NE and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/nuxqpGNJOC

OUTSIDE COMMENTARY: Second, we have Gage County Commissioner Emily Haxby writing about where she says the Nebraska approach to funding fell short of connecting rural communities to the best version of broadband internet. https://t.co/EOgPqpPuMx

OUTSIDE COMMENTARY: First up is the director of the Nebraska Broadband Office, Patrick Haggerty, writing on how the state's decision to use a diverse set of approaches to reach the hardest-to-serve homes gets reliable broadband to more of Nebraska. https://t.co/OGOjHskKap

Today, the @NE_Examiner has two outside opinion writers weighing in on how the state is deploying federal broadband funds. Read them both.

ICYMI: Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers has sued the Omaha Public Power District to stop it from taking parts of a power plant in North Omaha offline and keeping other parts from shifting away from coal. From @ZachWendling2 and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/8ItgZP64R5

ICED OUT? The Douglas County sheriff’s proposal to rent Omaha-based jail space to the federal government for migrant detention appears to have hit a dead end with a majority of the Douglas County Board. From @cgonzalez_NE and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/XVeJhK62lg

New: At least two staff members at the state-run juvenile treatment center in Kearney have resigned, another is on leave and a fourth faces a criminal charge in connection with allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers in their custody. https://t.co/FTc2cVt8fC

NEW U.S. ATTORNEY: Nebraska has a Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the first time since 2021. From @ZachWendling2 and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/FTInsweUvp

LUMP OF COAL? Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sued OPPD Thursday to stop a plan to retire three of five power-producing units at the utility’s North Omaha Station and switch the other two coal-fired units to natural gas. From @ZachWendling2 and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/8ItgZP64R5

ICE JAIL IN OMAHA? The Douglas County sheriff said Thursday that he wants to contract with ICE to hold migrant detainees at Omaha’s largest local jail. But the head of the county board said he's not interested. From @cgonzalez_NE and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/ijdWm6hWG4

A judge sentenced a former Air Force civilian employee to nearly six years in federal prison on a felony count of conspiring to transmit classified national defense information via a foreign online dating platform. From @ZachWendling2 and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/9WKAJorNsj

BIDEN VISIT: Former President Joe Biden is making his way to Nebraska for the Nebraska Democratic Party's top fundraiser. And he'll be joined by Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. From @4nsmiley and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/SBmd0VhfMK

START YOUR THURSDAY: With a different idea for how South Omaha's main drag into downtown might look. An interesting development story on Little Bohemia from @cgonzalez_NE and the @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/skTlz0ThT9

A $40m multifaceted plan signals dramatic change for Omaha’s Little Bohemia area south of downtown.

Former President Joe Biden heads to Nebraska in a rare public appearance since dropping out of 2024 presidential election My latest @NE_Examiner https://t.co/TdkFwCpfpH

START YOUR MORNING: With the coolest thing made in Nebraska, according to voters in an annual contest run like a basketball bracket. From @cgonzalez_NE and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/0uN2uvHs5d

CANNABIS GROWERS? Nebraska is on the verge of licensing its first medical cannabis growers after the state's Medical Cannabis Commission approved offering cultivator permits to two applicants. From @ZachWendling2 and @NE_Examiner: https://t.co/quKk9gFYH3