Fri, 09 May 2008 05:28:02 GMT
Bruning stands firm on position for discrimination cases (Lincoln Journal Star)
If the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission and Attorney General Jon Bruning can’t cooperate, about 80 housing discrimination complaints a year will go to federal investigators.
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Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:12:19 GMT
Let's have a look at the best and worst college-savings plans (The Nashua Telegraph)
Morningstar recently released its annual list of the five best and five worst 529 college savings plans. Past favorites Utah Educational Savings and Nebraska College Savings dropped out of the top five, not because they got worse, but because other plans got better. ...
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Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:12:58 GMT
Agricultural observers see peril lurking in prosperity (Lincoln Journal Star)
Michelle Soll and Doug Stark operate at opposite ends of the financial spectrum. As part of a two-person staff, Soll spends her days rationing the resources of Nebraska’s Rural Response Hotline in Bancroft.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:09:05 GMT
Heineman signs bill to move State Fair (Lincoln Journal Star)
GRAND ISLAND — Calling it “the opportunity of a lifetime” for the Nebraska State Fair and the University of Nebraska, Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday legislation that will move the fair to Grand Island, beginning in 2010.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:28:46 GMT
Bring Blue-White Game To Memorial (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
This Saturday's Blue and White football game got me thinking. Yes, I know - that makes one of us. But seriously, it occurred to me that, as we are not a major football school like Auburn, Nebraska or Wake Forest, the Blue and White game doesn't draw the type of interest even XL Center basketball games do.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:30:03 GMT
Firm picks best, worst college savings plans (San Francisco Chronicle)
Morningstar released its annual list of the five best and five worst 529 college savings plans on Wednesday. Past favorites Utah Educational Savings and Nebraska College Savings dropped out of the top five, not because they got worse, but because other plans...
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:09:13 GMT
Candidates field taxpayer questions (North Platte Bulletin)
The Western Nebraska Taxpayers pitched tough questions Monday night at local candidates for mayor and county commissioner. The four candidates for North Platte mayor seemed a little brushed back.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:46:39 GMT
Carter says his experience sets him apart (Lincoln Journal Star)
OMAHA, Neb. — Second District congressional candidate Richard Carter says the people of Nebraska win in a contested primary.
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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT
National Insurance Services Selects The Standard for Nebraska School District Sole 403(b) Provider Plan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
National Insurance Services , working in cooperation with the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association of School Boards , is pleased to announce it has selected The Standard to be the provider of the Nebraska Sole 403 Provider Plan.
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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:11:58 GMT
Statewide testing measure passes in Legislature (Lincoln Journal Star)
OMAHA — Nebraska’s unique approach to measuring student achievement appears to be history. State lawmakers on Monday gave final-round approval to a bill (LB1157) that would require uniform, statewide tests in reading, math and science in many elementary and high school grades.
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:13:54 GMT
Timing of funding unanswered at meetingoffering Roads Dept.’s detailed plans for Cherry Ave. exit (Kearney Hub)
KEARNEY — The 200 or so curious business operators and homeowners had many of their questions answered Tuesday when Nebraska roads officials rolled out detailed plans for the proposed Interstate 80 exit and bypass east of Kearney.
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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:02:00 GMT
Nebraska's Low Foreclosure Rate Falls (KETV 7 Omaha)
Nebraska's foreclosure rate falls in February and remains relatively low compared to the rest of the country.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:36:03 GMT
Tech park grows through land acquisition (Lincoln Journal Star)
While the city, state and University of Nebraska wrangle over a proposed future research park at the State Fairgrounds, the university’s existing research and technology park has quietly expanded.
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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:01:44 GMT
Survey: Average Farm Land Values Up 23% In Last Year (CattleNetwork.com)
Strong crop commodity prices in 2007 continued to drive up Nebraska farm real estate values, with a 23% increase marking the steepest gain in the 30 years the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has tracked the ag land market.
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Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:31:10 GMT
Young farmers need flexibility, not restrictions (McCook Daily Gazette)
Nebraskans, tired of large, out of state corporations getting into and out of farming when it benefitted boards of directors in distant cities, voted in Initiative 300 in 1982.
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