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Dec 6, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
Mark McHargue: Well, I think we already know what would happen to Nebraska agriculture, because Trump did introduce tariffs last time around and with China, it was devastating. I think we can safely bet that given a substantial tariff, the retaliatory part is what affects agriculture. Dale Johnson: Retaliation, tit for tat tariffs. How would that play out?
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
Jeffrey J. Funke, 55, is Nebraska’s 32nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, following the retirement of Mike Heavican, who served for 18 years. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson sat down with Chief Justice Funke and asked how in today’s politically charged environment, it’s possible to keep politics out of the courtroom.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
If you are 65 or older, now is the time to enroll in Medicare, this country's health insurance program. Enrollment is open until Dec. 7. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson sat down with Jonathan Burlison, Administrator of Nebraska SHIP, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program, to get answers to your questions about Medicare. Dale Johnson: Jonathan, who should be enrolling in Medicare between now and the enrollment deadline of Dec. 7.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
As far back as 2013, the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System has issued an annual report. Specific subjects in each of these reports change year after year, but some correctional concerns never leave the list, including over-crowding and staffing shortages. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson sat down with Inspector General, Doug Koebernick to talk about the 2024 Annual Report.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
With less than a week before the presidential election, Nebraska Public Media's Dale Johnson sat down with Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen to talk about the final days of preparations. Dale Johnson: Early voting has been underway for a while now. Mr. Secretary, how does it look compared to previous years? Bob Evnen: 357,000 ballots have been sent to Nebraska voters, which is a lot, but still lower than 2020.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
Mike Heavican retires at the end of October after 18 years on the bench. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson sat down with the 77-year-old Schuyler native to talk about the death penalty and other topics he's dealt with over the years. Dale Johnson: Is this what you dreamed you would be doing growing up in Schuyler Nebraska? Mike Heavican: Wow. No, not in my not in my wildest imagination.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
The 2016 election of Donald Trump changed everything. Polls showed Trump wasn’t supposed to win. Hillary Clinton was. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson reached out to Kristen Olson, an expert in survey methodology in UN-L’s Bureau of Sociological Research, to talk about changes in the science of polling since 2016. Dale Johnson: Why were polls wrong in 2016? Kristen Olson: I served on the American Association for Public Opinion Research Task Force to evaluate the 2016 election polls.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
Farmers harvesting their crops are well aware of dangerous fire conditions. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson recently talked about it with Jenny Rees, Extension Educator for the University of Nebraska. Dale Johnson: No rain in the near future, and I'm hearing that harvest could be done by Halloween. What are you hearing? Jenny Rees: This has been the fastest harvest that I've seen in a while, other than the fact that we've had pockets of hail in the past, where it's gone fast, too.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
nebraskapublicmedia.org | Dale Johnson
OPPD workers returning to Nebraska after assisting with hurricane cleanup By Dale Johnson, Morning Edition Host / Reporter Oct. 14, 2024, 11 a.m. ·
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
kcur.org | Dale Johnson |Daniel Wheaton |Holly Edgell
New polling suggests Nebraskans support both measures on abortion as well as reject a plan to allow taxpayer funds to go to private schools. The Midwest Newsroom partnered with Emerson College Polling to conduct surveys of registered voters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2. The sample size was 1,000 persons in each state, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3% and a 95% confidence level. The four polls included questions specific about issues on Nov.
