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President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Nebraska
WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Nebraska to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding from June 20 – July 8, 2024. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal...
Battery Fears Hit Nebraska and New York
1. Cass County, Nebraska — Local permits for a 260+ megawatt NextEra solar project have been stalled for at least two months, we can exclusively report. The Cass County Planning Commission held a special meeting Monday on NextEra’s application for the project. Meeting minutes aren’t public yet and a record of the gathering may not be public until at least next week, but staff in the county zoning office confirmed with me on the phone that commissioners tabled the application for 60 days. Why was it tabled? According to one anti-NextEra attendee’s post to Facebook, it was NextEra’s desire...
Attorneys weigh in on whether to dismiss Nebraska medical cannabis lawsuit
LINCOLN — A Lancaster County District Court judge will decide soon from a set of new briefs filed Tuesday whether to dismiss a lawsuit against Nebraska’s two medical cannabis ballot measures. Judge Susan Strong set the Tuesday deadline for the parties identified in the lawsuit to weigh in. John Kuehn of Heartwell, a veterinarian, rancher, […]
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