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HOUSING OPTIONS: UNL students might use some little houses in Benson to help address the state's affordable housing crisis. From @Cgonzalez_NE: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

DATA BREACH UPDATE: Nebraska on Monday became the first state to sue Tennessee-based Change Healthcare over the company’s massive data breach that cost at least 575,000 Nebraskans their personal information and medical records. From @asanderford: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

RESOLUTION TO LAKE FIGHT: A political barrier fell, and the U.S. Senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow more than 180 lakeside cabins to remain at two southwest Nebraska reservoirs. From @PaulHammelNE: nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/…

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture, working with USDA, has announced five cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Nebraska poultry flocks — four of them this month. From @asanderford: nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/…

A Louisiana resident has contracted the country’s first severe case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a human, the CDC announced Wednesday. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

Efforts to prevent a partial government shutdown from starting this weekend fell apart Wednesday when Republicans objected to a spending bill. From @statesnewsroom: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

A federal judge won't let former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., stall his trial on refiled felony charges. nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/…

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday cleared a national defense authorization bill with troop pay raises but no gender-affirming care for military kids. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Vaccination rates of schoolchildren in Nebraska declined. Let @PaulHammelNE explain why: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

TRUMP DID WHAT? President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its longtime pollster. A wild read from our @statesnewsroom partners in Iowa. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

State audit of Nebraska DHHS program found dubious payments for in-home care despite tightened recordkeeping. From @asanderford nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

MORE ABOUT THE FED SPENDING BILL: You know you want to know more about how Congress kept the lights on. So here you go, from @statesnewsroom via @ne_examiner: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

A federal judge lets 13 more Republican-led states, including Nebraska, intervene as co-defendants in new lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

NATIONAL NEWS WITH NEBRASKA TIES: Ethanol blend E15 will be available year-round nationally after U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Don Bacon pushed that it be included in a bill to temporarily fund the government. From @statesnewsroom and @ne_examiner: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

FROM LAST NIGHT: Get another look at the long and winding road that the Crossroads Mall redevelopment has traveled in the middle of Omaha. From @Cgonzalez_NE: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

START YOUR MORNING WITH US: A new state-run video archive of Nebraska legislative floor debates and committee hearings will be up and running Jan. 8, when lawmakers reconvene for the 2025 session. From @ZachWendling2: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

CATCH UP: Oversight still matters to the Nebraska Legislature. Here's how the speaker and others plan to reinvigorate efforts to keep an eye on the other two branches of government that it funds using taxpayer dollars. From @ZachWendling2: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

Omaha’s mayor and a new development team announced an update Tuesday for the long-awaited Crossroads project. From @cgonzalez_NE nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

A spending bill appropriators released Tuesday to keep the government open into next spring includes a provision to allow sales of a gasoline blend that includes up to 15% ethanol nationwide throughout the year. From @statesnewsroom and @ne_examiner: nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…

Congressional leaders unveiled a catch-all, year-end package Tuesday that would provide more than $100 billion in disaster aid. nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12…