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Hot and Dry, Cold and Wet

By Wyatt Fraas on March 20, 2013 - 12:00am

In 2012, critically hot, dry weather hit the Midwest and Great Plains, while the East Coast endured floods, Hurricane Sandy and record New England snowfall. Climatologists described these specific weather events, for the first time, as part of a changing climate attributed to global warming.
 

Expanding Medicaid Makes Sense for Nebraska

By anonymous on March 19, 2013 - 12:00am

By Dr. Amanda McKinney, MD, Beatrice Community Hospital

I support the new Medicaid initiative in Nebraska under the Affordable Care Act. At a minimum, 78,000 uninsured adult Nebraskans would obtain health insurance coverage. Up to 108,000 would be eligible for the benefit. This would cover nearly half of uninsured adults in Nebraska.

Survey Gauges Interest in Local Food

By Jon Bailey on March 13, 2013 - 7:02pm

Nebraskans spend $4.4 billion annually on food with 90 percent of that money leaving the state. A new Center for Rural Affairs report finds an opportunity to turn that around.

In a joint project with the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society, we asked consumers, producers, institutions and grocery stores about their experiences with locally produced food and their views on regional food systems. Project funding came from USDA's Federal State Marketing Improvement Program. 

Laws, Sausages and the Sequester

By John Crabtree on March 13, 2013 - 12:16pm
There are two things no one should ever witness being made... laws and sausages. As the clock winds down on yet another fiscal deadline in Congress, many Americans are trying to determine how they will be impacted by the mandatory budgetary reductions that will occur on March 1st, unless Congress and the White House can strike another deal.

Protect our Prairies

By John Crabtree on March 13, 2013 - 11:32am
Prairie and native grasslands are disappearing rapidly, taking soil and habitat as well as hunting, ranching and other economic opportunities with them. Congress should ensure that federal farm and crop insurance subsidies don’t exacerbate the loss of these vital natural resources.

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