Apr 12 Watch 4:02 Artist boosts town’s declining population with cut-out villagers By PBS News Hour How do you save a fading rural village? An artist from Taylor, Nebraska, hatched an idea to recreate the town at its boom, when it had double its current population, to draw visitors. Special correspondent Mike Tobias of NET reports. Continue watching
Apr 12 GOP attempt to change Nebraska’s electoral vote system fails By Grant Schulte, Associated Press Nebraska's Republican lawmakers were thwarted Tuesday in their attempts to reinstate a winner-take-all system for presidential electors, a move that would have increased the GOP nominee's chances of winning all five of the state's votes in November. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 3:14 Students running small-town market know business By PBS News Hour As a sparsely populated Nebraska town in an equally sparsely populated county, Cody is not where one might expect to find a thriving retail business. But the Circle C Market has been making a (small) profit there for the last… Continue watching
Mar 05 On ‘Super Saturday’ five states weigh in on 2016 candidates By Nancy Benac, Associated Press Eager to lock up the GOP nomination without a convention fight, Donald Trump battled Saturday to pad his lead in the delegate count as four more states delivered verdicts on the fractious Republican race for president. Democrats in three states… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 3:17 News Wrap: Obama visits Omaha after State of the Union By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama embarked on a tour of the country in the wake of his final State of the Union address, stopping first in Omaha, Nebraska, to lay out his vision for his last year in… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Honoring service members lost in combat by cheering on their families By PBS News Hour As Americans recognize veterans' service to our country, some are also paying tribute to those who have lost a family member in war. Special correspondent Dennis Kellogg from our PBS station in Nebraska reports on one organization's efforts to support… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 8:06 Why doctors are prescribing legal aid for patients in need By PBS News Hour Though lawyers are often the last people doctors want to see involved in patient care, across the country, many medical systems have begun establishing special legal partnerships. Lawyers become allies for disadvantaged patients who need help navigating problems with landlords… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 9:07 Inside the legal crusade against Colorado’s marijuana laws By PBS News Hour Late last year, Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a federal lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to declare Colorado's marijuana law unconstitutional, due to an influx of pot illegally entering those states. Now, as the Supreme Court decides whether to take up… Continue watching
Mar 02 Nebraska’s same-sex marriage ban struck down by district judge By Anna Sillers In a lawsuit filed by seven same-sex couples challenging Nebraska’s gay marriage ban, Nebraska district judge Joseph Bataillon sided with the plaintiffs, making same-sex marriage legal in the state of Nebraska. The ruling will be effective in one week. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 1:54 Viewers respond to report on lawsuits aimed at Colorado’s marijuana legalization By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments in response to last Saturday’s signature segment on the state of Nebraska suing the state of Colorado over the legalization of marijuana, which has increased the costs of law enforcement in the Cornhusker State. Continue watching