Category: Nebraska

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts: Biden Admin’s 30 By 30 Conservation Plan Will Devastate Small Farmers

The Biden administration’s ambitious 30 by 30 conservation plan “has to be a land grab,” says Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts. Currently, 12 percent of U.S. land is protected. To reach the Biden administration’s goal of 30 percent of land in conservation by 2030, “they’d have to add on 440 million acres or the equivalent of…


Ted Turner to Give Land to Nonprofit but Keep Paying Taxes

LINCOLN, Neb.—Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own nonprofit agriculture ecosystem research institute and says he might do the same with four other ranches in Nebraska’s Sand Hills. But he’ll continue to pay taxes on the land, much to the relief…


Nebraska Gov. Ricketts Declares July ‘Victims of Communism Remembrance Month’

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has designated July as the “Victims of Communism” month, highlighting the estimated 100 million people who died during religious or political purges, manmade famines, and crimes against humanity. Ricketts, in a press release and on Twitter, singled out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which recently marked its 100th anniversary, and the…


Death Hearing Begins for Nebraska Woman Convicted of Murder

WILBER, Neb.—A three-judge panel began hearing evidence Wednesday to decide whether a woman should become the first female sentenced to death in Nebraska for her role in the killing and dismemberment of a woman she met through a dating app. Bailey Boswell was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder last year for…


From Dove to Hawk: Nebraska Governor Explains Lessons From Dealing With CCP

Steering the flagship farming state of Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts has been all about opening doors for the world’s markets to access his state’s plentiful produce. From top-quality beef raised on the lush Great Plains pastures to the premier agri-tech that assists the growing of crops around the world, Nebraska has been exporting billions of…


Nebraska Sending State Troopers to US-Mexico Border Over Immigration Crisis: Governor

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced that the state will send troopers to the U.S.-Mexico to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas sent a request to other states for help amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor after Florida Gov. Ron…


Nebraska Governor Sending State Troopers to US–Mexico Border Amid Immigration Crisis

Nebraska will send state troopers to the U.S.–Mexico border to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas requested help from other states amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor to assist after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he…


Nebraska Governor to Send State Troopers to US–Mexico Border Amid Immigration Crisis

Nebraska will send state troopers to the U.S.–Mexico border to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas requested help from other states amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor to assist after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he…


Nebraska Woman Turns 114 Years Old, Claims Title of ‘Oldest Living American’

A 114-year-old Nebraska woman who has taken the title of America’s oldest living person says that what she wants most is to eat with her friend after a year of pandemic restrictions. Thelma Sutcliffe, of Omaha, became the nation’s oldest living person and seventh-oldest in the world on April 17 when Hester Ford, a 115-year-old…


Governor Declares Nebraska a ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary State’

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation saying his state is a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State,” meaning he will support gun rights. “Nebraska has always been a state that has supported our Second Amendment rights,” Ricketts said, according to a video of the signing event. “As a symbol of that support, I am signing a proclamation…