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WASHINGTON —Suddenly there’s hope for cutting the reams of red tape that can make getting new energy projects a seemingly endless slog. Top Republican and Democratic senators have unveiled a 417-page bill to overhaul the approval process, a pathway for what’s known as “permitting reform.” A debate is likely when…
WASHINGTON — Peter Daniell of Broomfield, Colorado, took home the grand prize Wednesday night after winning the National Civics Bee Championship in the nation’s capital. Daniell, a ninth-grader, was one of 52 students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa who put their civics knowledge to the test…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday announced that the execution of a man convicted of the Fort Hood shooting will not be livestreamed, a reversal after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that Nidal Hasan’s death by firing squad would be public. “I think streaming the execution for all to see might…
LINCOLN — A diamond ring that had been stashed in an abandoned safe-deposit box for more than a decade now has a new owner. It went for $15,307 — nearly twice its appraised value — in an online auction organized by the Nebraska State Treasurer’s Office, which by law takes custody of such forgotten property and
LINCOLN — With a crucial economic forecasting meeting just weeks away, the last round of monthly revenue reports available to forecasters held mostly level with their previous predictions. The Nebraska Department of Revenue’s report on September’s tax receipts showed a net gain of 0.2% compared to what Nebraska’s…
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office is among election and congressional offices nationwide that received suspicious envelopes this week. Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s office said the envelope wasn’t opened and was quickly isolated once detected, “in accordance with established protocols. The mail was…
Federal officials voiced support Wednesday for a rare earth mine in southeast Nebraska. But the long-awaited project still needs final approval. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Export-Import Bank Chair John Jovanovic were among those on hand for a signing ceremony at the still-under-construction Niocorp mine…
Rising electricity demand from manufacturing and data centers could present a once-in-a-generation opportunity to modernize the electric grid, but rising electricity bills might make such investments politically unpopular. “This is not a sexy topic,” said Charles Hua, executive director of PowerLines, a national…