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Meatpackers' Cleaning Service Losing Business Following Investigation

The Nebraska Examiner reported in February that in the last decade “more people have continued to leave than enter Nebraska from other states, and the loss is heavily those with an education level of at least a bachelor’s degree.” Today researcher Josie Schafer is in conversation with Tom Knoblauch about the root causes of brain drain.

NE State Workers Negotiate Pay Raises

WI Company Put Child Workers In Harms Way At Plant In NE

Nebraska’s unemployment rate fell to a mere 1.9% last month, which was the lowest any state has reached since U.S. data collection began in 1976. The…

Labor shortages that have plagued businesses across the country have also put the squeeze on Nebraska's state parks. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that…

Nebraska will extend its unemployment benefits for the first time in nearly 40 years in response to the mass layoffs triggered by the coronavirus…

The state of Nebraska once again broke the record for the most unemployment claims in one week. Labor Commissioner John Albin says 26-thousand-788…

Thirteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nebraska yesterday, bringing the total number in the state to 81. New cases were reported by Sarpy and…