LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska restaurants can now offer carry-out alcohol permanently under a new state law inspired by Gov. Pete Ricketts’ efforts to help struggling businesses during the pandemic.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ Medical marijuana advocates have convinced South Dakota voters that legalizing the drug for medical use is a good idea, but they are struggling to do the same with many of the state’s physicians.

Legislature Takes a Break Before Coming Back to Redistrict Lawmakers are going home to await the call to come back to Lincoln to tackle that once-a-decade task of redistricting. It’s high political drama for deeply partisan senators in a non-partisan Unicameral.

On June 14th at 8:30 a.m., a meeting conducted by Ainsworth Community Schools will take place in the school cafeteria. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for parents who have parentally placed their child in an approved and/or accredited nonpublic school or exempt home school and representatives of nonpublic schools to participate in the development of a plan for providing special education services to children with disabilities who attend an approved and/or accredited nonpublic school and exempt home schools which are within the Ainsworth Community Schools District for the 2021-2022 school year.

During Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts’ press conference on Monday, May 24, 2021, he announced that the State of Nebraska is discontinuing its Directed Health Measures, effective at midnight on May 24th. Ricketts will also be rescinding several executive orders that he had issued during the coronavirus pandemic that will be rescinded on June 1, 2021.

Challenge yourself to explore the Niobrara River Valley to commemorate of the 30th anniversary of the Niobrara National Scenic River. Niobrara National Scenic River became a unit of the National Park Service on May 24, 1991. Join the Niobrara River Challenge by hiking, floating and seeing the film in the Visitor Center and earn a limited-edition bandana courtesy of Cherry County Tourism.