Chris Dunker

2 days ago | journalstar.com | Chris Dunker

A Lincoln entrepreneur became the first person to announce a campaign to represent the Capital City on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Brent Comstock, 29, the CEO of BCom, a marketing firm, launched his run to replace Regent Tim Clare for the District 1 seat Wednesday. "The University of Nebraska is the most important public institution in our state," Comstock said in a news release.

4 days ago | journalstar.com | Andrew Wegley |Chris Dunker

Nebraska lawmakers adjourned for the year Monday broadly pleased — if not quite delighted — after nearly five months of work in which they remedied the state's budget shortfall and passed a slew of conservative policy changes while again failing to reform the state's tax structure that has grown increasingly burdensome on property owners. In interviews and speeches Monday afternoon at the Capitol, Republican Gov.

4 days ago | omaha.com | Chris Dunker

LINCOLN — Mueller Tower has stood tall over the heart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for more than 75 years. The gift of Ralph Mueller, an 1898 graduate of UNL who would go on to become an electronics pioneer, the 84-foot limestone bell tower has begun to show the wear and tear of life on the prairie. UNL is planning a $1.5 million restoration project aimed at preserving Mueller Tower's structural integrity and historic character for the future.

1 week ago | journalstar.com | Chris Dunker

Mueller Tower has stood tall over the heart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for more than 75 years. The gift of Ralph Mueller, an 1898 graduate of UNL who would go on to become an electronics pioneer, the 84-foot limestone bell tower has begun to show the wear and tear of life on the prairie. UNL is planning a $1.5 million restoration project aimed at preserving Mueller Tower's structural integrity and historic character for the future.

1 week ago | starherald.com | Chris Dunker

The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission suspended executive director Hobert "Hobie" Rupe on Thursday after federal law enforcement agents served a search warrant on the commission office. On a 2-0 vote, the commission voted to suspend Rupe, a longtime presence at the commission, without pay. The warrant resulted from what Commission Chairman Bruce Bailey described as a "joint federal-state investigation into alleged criminal conduct" by Rupe.