Nancy Hicks
City Hall Reporter at Lincoln Journal Star
City hall reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
journalstar.com | Nancy Hicks
Mom is in the kitchen listening to a podcast on her phone as she makes dinner. Dad is watching the news as he scrolls through his email. A teenage son is in his bedroom playing computer games with a cousin in California. His baby sister is looking at nursery rhyme cartoons on a tablet. The family is separated by their screens.
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Feb 25, 2024 |
journalstar.com | Nancy Hicks
When John E. Olsson opened his engineering firm in downtown Lincoln’s Sharp Building, he hoped to grow a thriving business that would give him interesting work and support his family. That was 1956. The New York native and onetime sailor who had earned his mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln focused his new business on municipal engineering. His first job was plotting a cemetery in Seward County.
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Oct 20, 2023 |
journalstar.com | Nancy Hicks
To paraphrase Dr. Seuss:The time has come? The time is nowTo check your drug plan,I don’t care how. You can do it yourself or ask a love,Just check, check, check Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio It is open enrollment time for people who get their health insurance through Medicare. Today through Dec. 7, you can change drug plans and sign up for Advantage plans or switch Advantage plans.
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Sep 1, 2023 |
journalstar.com | Nancy Hicks
In the past five years, 1,846 people attempted suicide in Lincoln. Of those, 175 Lincoln residents succeeded in killing themselves, including 32 younger than 25. These are individual tragedies with a ripple effect, leaving behind devastated family members and friends.
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May 12, 2023 |
journalstar.com | Nancy Hicks
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Jeff Kirkpatrick, Lincoln's city attorney, will run for mayor. That makes three establishment candidates so far. Cyndy Lamm, a Republican; Leirion Gaylor Baird and Kirkpatrick, Democrats.
Lancaster County Commissioner Jennifer Brinkman says she will not be running for mayor.
Lancaster County Republican Party Chair J.P. Sabby was ousted Thursday night because of low Republican voter turnout. " After 4 elections with with some pretty major losses for the local Republican party it is time for some change and time to reorganize,” said Matt Schulte