LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 26 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Husker discoveries, collaborations, insight made national news in 2025 * Biofluorescent birds, noise-affected spiders, the global impacts of drought and America's fascination with true crime were among the topics that generated national and international headlines for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2025. More than 500 positive stories featuring the university, its faculty, staff, students, center  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 24 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Fifteen Rural Economic Development Grant Recipients Announced Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Office of Rural Prosperity at the Department of Commerce has awarded $337,833 in Strategic Economic Expansion and Development (SEED) grants, supporting 15 quality-of-life projects across Kansas. The awards leveraged more than $744,186 in local contributi  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 23 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Justice Eric Rosen to take oath of office in transition to chief justice role Justice Eric Rosen will take his oath of office in a formal ceremony at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 8, in the Supreme Court courtroom in the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka. "The public ceremony is to share with all Kansans the change in leadership occurring in the judicial branch and in state government," Rosen said. "I appr  more