The Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature moved his bill on government contracts to the front of the line.LB 461 was the first bill heard on the floor in 2024.It
Rather, The World-Herald’s Henry Cordes reported, it happened intentionally. Taking over the Husker program in the late 1970s, former coach Terry Pettit set out to improve high school play, holding clinics for Nebraska players and coaches.
Over time, Nebraska had built homegrown talent and began attracting top recruits. In 1995, the Huskers won the first of their now-five national championships. With 15 total Final Four appearances and the best attendance in the nation, the college program has engendered some of the top high school programs in the country.
Cordes’ story showed how Omaha’s success in hosting the volleyball Final Four in 2006 set a new standard and forever changed the atmosphere and expectations for the NCAA tournament.
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Foster care agencies say they ve given masks and electronic devices to foster families to help them through the pandemic.
The private nonprofits that run foster care in the state say they ve risen to the challenge of caring for children during the pandemic and meeting the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement. But child welfare advocates say there s plenty of room for improvement.
The long-troubled foster care system in Kansas got hit with yet another complication over the last year.
Pandemic complications came on top of ongoing fixes mandated by a class-action settlement and simmering pressure to find more homes for children in crisis.