By Joan von Kampen | Editor-in-Chief
President Trump will visit Grand Island on Monday during his midterm campaign blitz to shore up red states ahead of Election Day.
President Donald Trump speaks on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
President Trump’s visit to the Nebraska State Fair’s Pinnacle Bank Expo Center on Monday will be focused on rallying Republicans for Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts in a heated race against Dan Osborn.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen leads a campaign event on Sept. 28, 2026, at 88 Tactical outside Omaha. (Photo by Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Juan Salinas II
Gov. Jim Pillen seems to be pushing for a federal diesel export ban on his own in Nebraska, as members of the state's federal delegation oppose it or are hesitant.
The South Platte River near Julesburg, Colorado, toward Nebraska. (Fred Knapp/Nebraska Public Media News)
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
By Fred Knapp, Nebraska Public Media News
Colorado is denying claims that it is not providing water owed to Nebraska under the South Platte River Compact. In fact, Colorado claims Nebraska is depriving it of water to which it’s entitled, by allowing wells along a tributary, Lodgepole Creek, and others too close to the Colorado line.
Colorado made its arguments in a filing Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
An old elementary school was repurposed into Stoddard Place, a residential site for seniors 55 and older in Beatrice, Nebraska. (Courtesy of Hoppe Development)
ICYMI
By Cindy Gonzalez
The building’s name rings a bell. Its exterior shell and playground area also look familiar to neighbors who live in Beatrice, Nebraska.
But instead of kids marching down the hallway to the principal’s office or math class, senior tenants age 55 and older will be strolling to their apartments or perhaps the community room to socialize.
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