By Erin Bamer | Reporter
Through a series of federal grants, Nebraska’s Department of Transportation received over $5 million in an effort to expedite a list of road projects, some of which have been ongoing for years.
Sean McMaster, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, speaks to Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska Department of Transportation Director Vicki Kramer at a press conference on Sept. 4, 2026. (Erin Bamer/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Erin Bamer
OMAHA — Overlooking Interstate 480 from downtown Omaha Friday, state officials celebrated Nebraska’s receiving $5.15 million in a collection of federal grants aimed at speeding up ongoing transportation projects.
Smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center attack on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by Paul Morse/U.S. National Archives)
COMMENTARY
By George Ayoub
Hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans will join millions of Americans this week to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the horrible shorthand for violence and death that came to our shores. Much as JFK’s assassination or Pearl Harbor became seminal moments for earlier generations, 9/11 did for Gen Y and Gen Z.
Nebraska advocates for medical cannabis have worked for more than 12 years, and continue to wait, for a safe, regulated system in Nebraska, after winning voter approval in November. Pictured are many longtime advocates for the effort. (Photos courtesy of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana)
ICYMI
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Nebraska’s two voter-approved medical cannabis laws following a legal challenge to the 2024 petition effort.
Jose Palma holds the work authorization cards of a Salvadoran member of the National TPS Alliance. The individual has renewed work permits 14 times since Temporary Protected Status was granted for El Salvador in 2001, submitting a background check and fingerprints with each renewal cycle. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)
IMMIGRATION
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — For years, Jose Palma has advocated for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status who hail from countries deemed too unstable for return.
But as the Trump administration has stripped those humanitarian protections for nearly a million people, the Salvadoran national is uncertain if his own legal status will remain in place next week.
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