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Winter weather has affected Nebraska school districts over the last several weeks, causing cancellations due to snow, frigid temperatures, and winter storms.  Some districts have traditional snow days, canceling school for students and staff. Other districts opt for remote-learning days to avoid the possibility of extending the school year. Lincoln Lutheran is one of the schools that has continued...

More people are making the switch from in-person gyms and workout facilities to their living rooms. Without gyms readily available, the health and fitness industry shifted drastically to accommodate people’s needs.  Brooke Gustafson of Lincoln is one of many who swapped out her gym membership for personal home gym equipment. In doing so, she said she is less pressured to workout every day and is m...

Nebraska performers have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The livelihoods of these performers depend on social gatherings and live shows. Tom Adelman of The Midland Band and Dixie Longate from Dixie Longate’s Tupperware Party have kept audiences involved by live-streaming their performances. Dianne Willey, sales and marketing director for Heartland Event Center in Grand Island, said the Cen...

Nebraska’s 2020 election races were not much different from the rest of the US, though, when it comes to specific patterns and trends, especially in terms of the rural-urban red-blue split, and voters who elected a Democrat President and Republican representatives to the House and Senate.

Women are majoring in media, but many aren’t entering the industry or rising through the ranks after graduation. According to Poynter, two-thirds of students who earn degrees in journalism or communications are women, but women only make up one-third of the media industry. Women occupy only 23% of leadership roles in the top 200 major news outlets. Kristin Gilger and Paola Boivin are professors at...

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During the 2020 election, Nebraskans will make the final decision on allowing all forms of gambling at racetracks. Initiatives 429, 430 and 431 are on the ballot. These initiatives would legalize gambling at racetracks and establish a new tax system. Nate Grasz, policy director at Nebraska Family Alliance, opposes the three initiatives. Drew Niehaus with Keep the Money in Nebraska supports the ini...

College may never be the same again. Classes are migrating online, there are mandatory mask mandates on campus and there is no answer to the looming question about the return of collegiate sports. No sports means no screaming fans, no tailgating and no mascots. The mascot is the life of a college sporting event. They feed energy into the crowd. They create an atmosphere that lives beyond what is h...