The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln,Nebraska,United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862,the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968,when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system. The university has been governed by the Board of Regents since 1871,whose members are elected by district to six-year terms.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is a campus of the public University of Nebraska system and located in Kearney,Nebraska. It was founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney.
Clifford Morris Hardin was an American politician and was the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon.
The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,the Agricultural Marketing Service,and the Grain Inspection,Packers,and Stockyards Administration. The three agencies were appropriated over $800 million by Congress in fiscal year 2004.
The Under Secretary for Research,Education,and Economics is a high-ranking official within the United States Department of Agriculture that provides leadership and oversight for the Agricultural Research Service,National Institute of Food and Agriculture,Economic Research Service,National Agricultural Library,National Agricultural Statistics Service.
John Milton Wightman was a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served two terms,from 2007 to 2015,in the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the central part of the state. Wightman was a member of the Republican Party.
Russ's Market is a Nebraska-based grocery chain that operates stores in the communities of Lincoln and Hastings. Russ's Market is owned by B&R Stores,Inc.,a Nebraska corporation.
David Lutz Norquist is an American financial management professional and former government official who served as the 34th United States deputy secretary of defense from 2019 to 2021. In May of 2022,Norquist was selected as the president and chief executive officer of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
Gregory Doud is an American economist and government official who served as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) during the Trump Administration. Doud previously served as the president of the Commodity Markets Council. He also served as a staff member for the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition and Forestry and as chief economist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Ronnie David Green served as the 20th chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 2016 to 2023. UNL is the state's flagship,a land-grant university,and is part of the University of Nebraska system. Green previously led the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 2010 to 2016,and served as interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,the university's highest academic office,from 2015 to 2016.
Ted McKinney is an American government official who served as under secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. Prior to assuming this position,McKinney served as director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture from 2014 to 2017. In September 2021,Ted McKinney was named chief executive officer of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
Brian Craig Buescher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Steve Halloran is an American politician who has served in the Nebraska Legislature from the 33rd district since 2017.
The 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term. In the general election,Republican Jim Pillen won the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.
The 2022 Nebraska State Legislature elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nebraska voters elected state senators in the 24 even-numbered seats of the 49 legislative districts in the Nebraska Unicameral as well as in a special election for the 31st District. State senators serve four-year terms in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
The 2017 Lincoln Nebraska Women's March was a political demonstration of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 women in Lincoln,Nebraska. It took place on January 21,2017,the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The Lincoln march was part of a larger movement of anti-Trump women's marches that happened across the United States.
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is selected by the University of Nebraska System president and confirmed by the Nebraska Board of Regents. The position has been held by Rodney D. Bennett since July 2023.
Charles Wesley Herbster is an American agribusiness executive,cattle producer,political donor,and politician. He was an agriculture advisor and chairman of Donald Trump's agriculture and rural advisory committee during Trump's 2020 presidential campaign. Herbster also ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Nebraska in 2014 and 2022.
The president of the University of Nebraska is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska system and is selected by the university system's board of regents. Eight individuals have held the post as well as four others in an interim capacity. The position was last held by Ted Carter from January 1,2020 to December 31,2023. It is now filled on an interim basis by Chris Kabourek. On April 26,2024,the Board of Regents selected Jeffrey P. Gold to become the ninth president of the University of Nebraska on July 1,2024.
The 2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the Class 2 member of the United States Senate from Nebraska,to complete the term of Ben Sasse,who resigned on January 8,2023,to become the president of the University of Florida. On January 12,2023,governor Jim Pillen appointed Republican former governor Pete Ricketts to fill the seat for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress and the beginning of the 119th Congress. Ricketts has committed to running in the special election and for a full term in 2026. This marks the first time since 1954 where both of Nebraska's U.S. Senate seats were concurrently for election. Primary elections took place on May 14,2024.
