Former Nebraska Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey and Academy Award-nominated actress Debra Winger shared a highly publicized, high-profile romantic relationship during the mid-1980s.

Edit: he was single and it was consensual and I think it was pretty damn cool.

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Hi folks – wow. I'm blown away by your interest here.

It's 4pm, and I'm going to answer a few more questions before I head out to my town hall in South Omaha (would love to see you there!) 

I'll try to answer questions submitted by the end of the day while we're on the road for the Sandhills leg of our 93-County Tour over the next few days. 

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Hello, r/Nebraska! Dan Osborn here. I'm running to beat billionaire Pete Ricketts and give Nebraskans the representation they deserve in the U.S. Senate. I'm a lifelong independent, a Navy and Army National Guard veteran, and a mechanic who believes I'll have a better chance of fixing D.C. than a billionaire.

I'm verified with the mods, and I'll be answering questions starting at 3pm Central / 2pm Mountain today, October 14th. Fire away!

The other day I heard a new Ricketts radio ad that is a little ditty about Osborn. An attempt at a catchy banjo tune that basically says Dan Osborn is a Democrat. That's the best Ricketts can do at this point I guess.

Anywhoo....I got to thinking that we really need a tune for the campaign to express our hopes for the outcome. This is what I came up with, and it goes with the melody for "Living On a Prayer."

I do not own the rights to the song, in case you were wondering.

Ricketts never worked on the docks

His hands are soft and neat

His life has been a treat

It’s true….so true

Ricketts runs to daddy all day

Daddy says to Ricketts just listen, Petey it’s okay, I’ll pay….

He’s got to hold on to what he’s got

Ricketts doesn’t care if you make it or not

He’s got his money, and that’s a lot

For luck….He’ll give it a shot

Oh, we’re halfway there

Oh, oh, Osborn’s got a prayer

We’ll take our votes and we’ll send them out there

Oh, oh Osborns’ got a prayer

I’m honestly at a loss right now, and I’m hoping someone here might be able to help point me in the right direction.
I’m a registered nurse who relocated to Nebraska for a nursing management position. What was supposed to be a positive career move turned into one of the most difficult experiences of my professional life.
During my employment, I was pregnant and experienced treatment that I believe was discriminatory. I was also subjected to disciplinary write-ups and accusations, including an allegation involving a patient’s death. As a nurse, having something that serious associated with my professional reputation was devastating.
There were ongoing issues with management and HR, and I felt I had very little support or protection. I was eventually terminated in September 2025.
I filed a complaint with the EEOC and received my Notice of Right to Sue on July 29, 2026. My deadline to file a federal lawsuit is October 27, and I’m quickly running out of time.
I’ve contacted numerous employment attorneys, law firms, and referral services. Several attorneys have declined because of how close the filing deadline is. Others simply haven’t responded.
I’m not asking anyone here to determine whether I have a case. I know there are two sides to every story, and I have documentation that I would like a qualified attorney to review.
I’m simply trying to find legal representation before my opportunity to pursue this is gone.
I’ve worked hard for my nursing career, and the events surrounding my termination have had a significant impact on my professional and personal life. I don’t want to walk away without at least having an attorney properly evaluate what happened.
If anyone knows an employment attorney who handles pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, or federal EEOC cases in Nebraska, I would be incredibly grateful for a recommendation.
I’m also open to attorneys outside Nebraska who are authorized to practice in Nebraska federal court.
If you know someone who might be able to help, please share this post or point me in the right direction.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hi everyone, my name is Arielle Zionts, I'm a rural healthcare reporter at KFF Health News, a national, nonprofit media outlet focused on in-depth healthcare reporting. I live in Rapid City, SD but travel to and report in Nebraska at times.

I'm looking to interview someone from Nebraska who has already lost Medicaid coverage due to the new work requirement rules.

If you're interested, you can message me on Reddit or email me at [ariellez@kff.org](mailto:ariellez@kff.org).

I won't be using any comments under this post or elsewhere in this group, only info I directly receive from interviews.

Thank you!

Arielle

This Wednesday, October 14th at 3pm Central/2pm Mountain, Dan Osborn will be hosting an AMA here on the subreddit.

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The username that will be used for the AMA is u/osbornforsenate and the identity has been verified by moderators.

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Remember rule 2 and keep all comments civil during the AMA.

I'm from Utah and have driven through Nebraska a few times - but I decided to take a road trip with my brother to actually explore the area. We particularly enjoyed Scottsbluff National Monument, the Sandhills, Toadstool Geologic Park, and Fort Robinson State Park. Thank you, Nebraska, for your hospitality! We had a wonderful time.

Bear with me on this one. Let's say Grand Island is in the same spot it is in reality. That doesn't change. But here's what does change: Hastings is right next to it on its south end. And Kearney is right on the middle west end of both Grand Island and Hastings. So when you pass Husker Highway where US 34 parts with US 281, going north, you're in Grand Island. Going south, you're in Hastings. And Engleman Road is where Grand Island and Hastings end and Kearney begins. So once you pass that road, you're in Kearney.

And US 281 being a full freeway from I-80 up to the north end of Grand Island after the NE 2 exit. Then after that exit, instead of US 281 taking a 90-degree turn east, it takes a 25-degree turn north-northeast until it reaches White Cloud Road where it finally continues its normal real-life pathway up to St. Paul.

And since it's a full freeway through Hastings and Grand Island, it has an interstate designation: I-580. It starts at I-80 and ends at the NE 2 exit near the airport.

US 30 also being a freeway through Kearney and Grand Island. It starts at I-80 and goes into Kearney as a full freeway and has exits along certain streets. So the interchange with I-580/US 281 is a cloverleaf interchange. Then the freeway finally ends at Grant Street where the viaduct near Downtown Grand Island.

And the airport (Central Nebraska Regional Airport) having a somewhat larger terminal with 6 gates with flights to Lincoln, Scottsbluff, Norfolk, Sioux Falls, Topeka and Wichita.

So in its own way, it would be like the Tri-Cities in Washington (Pasco, Richland and Kennewick). If you've ever been up there before, you might or might not know what I'm talking about. Overall the population would be around 100,000. It would still be smaller than Lincoln and Omaha.

So how would Central Nebraska be if it was like this? With Grand Island, Kearney and Hastings all being right next to each other as one big Tri-City metropolitan area?

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Health and Human Services proposed sweeping operational changes in agency biennial budget requests submitted last month. Those changes include closing the Community Corrections Center in Omaha, halving the population of the women’s prison in York, and closing Whitehall, a secure psychiatric treatment facility for youths who sexually offend or are being treated for substance abuse.

At first I thought it was a normal ad, and then I realized who posted it 😂😭

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DecHDRGOnbY/?mdxt=MTJpejB4dDI5MG5wbA==

A guy I met in Michigan, Tom, has owned a 1968 Jaguar E-Type for 47 years. In 1988 he was driving it back from LA, cruising across Nebraska on a sunny fall Saturday, and got pulled over for speeding.

The trooper asked what the hurry was. During the long drive, Tom had flipped past a couple of football games on the radio, so he said he was listening to the Cornhuskers and lost track of his speed. The trooper smiled and asked if he was a Huskers fan. Tom said, “Isn’t everybody?”

They spent the next ten minutes talking about the car, and he got sent off with “Just slow down a little bit, son.”

Thought you all would appreciate it. Anyone else have a good Nebraska roadside story?

Lovely recent Nebraska sunset near Lincoln

Crypto megadonors to boost Ricketts in Nebraska Senate race - POLITICO

Omaha Area - looking for in-home trainers that are highly experienced or specialize in dog on dog aggression cases and a balanced training method.

Have already had a couple trainers in the home - am looking for someone with actual experience with these issues and not simply the normal "they did great teaching my dog Fido how to lay down!"

Appreciate the help!

Specifically, I keep seeing those ads promising "up to $166 million in property tax relief". I wanted to figure out how much this is going to save the average homeowner. I didn't look into where that $166 million was going to come from -- that's a whole other discussion -- just how much it would save your average homeowner.

The answer? If you own your home, and your home is valued at the median property value in Nebraska, I think you're looking at about $26-$28 in property tax relief per year. That's it.

It doesn't get much better than that if your home is worth more. Let's say your home is worth between $750k and $1 million -- my math says you're probably going to save about $85 a year.

I'm not saying "vote for this" or "don't vote for it" -- just keep in mind that when they promise you that the savings will help you feed your family, just keep in mind that the actual amount you'll save might not even be enough to buy one meal at McDonald's for you and your partner.

Side note before I get into the details of my calculations: If you look on Ballotpedia), guess who put up the seed money to get these initiatives on the ballot? FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Fanatics. Hmmm...interesting.

Ok, so how did I come up with these numbers?

My main sources were:

• U.S. Census Bureau's "Selected Housing Characteristics", from the 2024 American Community Survey's 1-Year Estimates Data Profiles (Table DP04).
• U.S. Census Bureau's "Value", from the 2024 American Community Survey's 1-Year Estimates Detailed Tables (Table B25075).
• Nebraska Department of Revenue's "History Value and Taxes by Property Type 2015-2025 (state totals and 93 counties)"

According to the American Community Survey data, the median home price (for owner-occupied homes) was $263,100 in 2024. The ACS data also provides a table with price ranges, and estimates of how many homes fall into each price range. According to both data sets, there are 549,417 owner-occupied homes in Nebraska in 2024 -- of which approximately 76,720 were valued between $250,000 and $300,000. The total value of these properties would be somewhere between $19 billion and $23 billion.

The data doesn't say what the range of prices is for homes that are valued at $2 million or more -- so I had to take a stab in the dark here and say that there are no homes in Nebraska valued at more than $4 million. (That's probably not right, but I doubt it's going to make a huge difference in the final number.)

Extrapolating from the ACS data, I determined that the total value of all owner-occupied homes in Nebraska is somewhere between $147 billion and $194 billion (roughly). According to the Nebraska Department of Revenue's data, the total value of all residential properties in Nebraska in 2024 was about $160 billion -- so I think I'm on the right track.

That means that homes valued between $250,000 and $300,000 make up about 12%-13% of the total value of all homes in Nebraska -- and would receive 12%-13% of that $166 million in property tax relief. That works out to somewhere between $19.7 million and $21.7 million.

Dividing those numbers by 76,720 -- the approximate number of homes in Nebraska valued between $250,000 and $300,000 -- means that each homeowner is going to see somewhere between $256.27 and $282.31.

Now here's the final kicker -- if you pay attention to those ads, they say that it's $166 million in property tax relief over the next 10 years. So assuming that it's spread out evenly over those 10 years (which it almost certainly won't be), that means that the average homeowner is going to see property tax relief of around $25.63 and $28.23 per year.

Of course, there's a simpler way that I could approach this: if the Nebraska Department of Revenue says that the total value of all residential property in Nebraska was $160 billion in 2024, and the median home value is $263,100, then we just have to divide $263,100 by $160 billion, then multiply by $166 million. Doing that gives me $272.63 -- and then dividing that by 10 gives us $27.26. So again, I think I'm in the right ballpark here.

There's variables I didn't account for here -- like the fact that property tax rates vary by county, and the fact that the property tax relief probably won't kick in for a few years (if it ever does) -- but at the end of the day, I doubt any of those variables are going to make a huge difference. Maybe if you're lucky, it'll mean that you can afford to buy a Happy Meal for your kids too.

I've been looking for information on the six political parties for Nebraska and getting conflicting information. Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is how I understand them so far.

America First Party Nebraska - MAGA party that split from GOP

Democratic Party of Nebraska - Dem party of NE

Legal Marijuana Now Party of Nebraska - Not aligned with either party totally, but Dan Osborn tried to dissolve it so the vote isn't split

Libertarian Party of Nebraska - Libertarian party of NE

Nebraska Working People Party - Not sure, but allegedly a potential Ricketts attempt to split Dem vote?

Republican Party of Nebraska - GOP party of NE

Just trying to figure out who to vote for but all these new parties are hard to keep track of.

Took a little road trip through the state. Found a place called North Hawk, NE you guys might find interesting. https://northhawknebraska.com

PBS’ Independent Lens taking a look at a tale of two cities, Omaha.

A cyber incident disrupted shared government systems in North Platte and Lincoln County, Nebraska, on Oct. 9, knocking out internet access and telephone service, closing county offices and the courthouse, and forcing court hearings to be rescheduled. Gov. Jim Pillen signed an emergency proclamation authorizing activation of the Nebraska National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team to help local officials investigate the incident and secure systems. Officials said the breach had been contained, but recovery work was expected to continue through the weekend. Despite the disruption, 911, emergency services, sheriff patrol and detention operations remained operational.

with 2015 Homestead quarter on the 2nd post

How common is it for Nebraska governors to issue executive orders?

I don’t remember previous governors issuing them very often, but maybe I just wasn’t paying attention. Is this something Nebraska governors have always done regularly, or has their use of executive orders increased in recent years?