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The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas , passed by the 33rd United States Congress , and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce .
Nebraska, 600 U.S. 477 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case related to the forgiveness of federal student loans by the Biden administration in 2022, challenged by multiple states. The Supreme Court's ruling was issued on June 30, 2023, ruling 6–3 that the Secretary of Education did not have the power to waive student loans under the ...
Paleoclimate proxy data and computer simulations reveal that the Nebraska Sandhills likely had active sand dunes as recently as the Medieval Warm Period, when temperatures in the North Atlantic region [5] [6] were about 1 °C (1.8 °F) warmer than the current climate.
The city is located on the boundary between Madison and Antelope counties, with two-thirds of the city in northwestern Madison County and the remainder in Antelope. [8] U.S. Route 275 passes through the city, leading east 22 miles (35 km) to Norfolk, the largest city in Madison County, and northwest 13 miles (21 km) to Neligh, the Antelope county seat.
Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. [3] The population was 53,131 at the 2020 census, making it the 4th most populous city in Nebraska.
Public colleges and universities in Nebraska ; Name Founded Location Enrollment (Fall 2021) [2] System Chadron State College: 1911 Chadron: 2,250 NSCS: Peru State College: 1867 Peru
Nebraska Wesleyan was ranked the #1 liberal arts college in Nebraska by U.S. News & World Report in 2002. In 2009, Forbes ranked it 84th of America's Best Colleges. [195] It remains affiliated with the United Methodist Church. [196] Union College is a private Seventh-day Adventist four-year coeducational college with 911 students enrolled 2013 ...
Trump received the state's other four electoral votes. Before the election, all news organizations declared Nebraska a safe red state, while most organizations viewed the 2nd district as either Lean Biden or a tossup. This was the first election in which both Nebraska and Maine would officially split their electoral votes.