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Here’s what you should know today. Clare won’t run again University of Nebraska Regent Tim Clare, who has represented Lincoln since 2009, will not seek a fourth term, he announced Monday . As the longest-tenured regent currently serving, Clare will step down when his term concludes in January 2027.
His 18 years on the board will match his predecessor, former Regent Chuck Wilson, who served from 1991 to 2009. People are also reading..
. Notable milestones the regent has been part of include Nebraska joining the Big Ten Conference in 2011, the construction of Innovation Campus and the creation of the Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Betting bill advances A proposal to allow Nebraska voters the chance to legalize mobile sports betting in 2026 took another step forward in the Legislature on Monday.
Lawmakers gave first-round approval to Lincoln Sen. Eliot Bostar's proposal that would allow Nebraska voters to legalize online and app-based sports gambling, which for now is only legal when bets are placed in person at casino sportsbooks. But Bostar's proposal will need the support of 30 of Nebraska's 49 lawmakers upon final-round consideration to be placed on the 2026 ballot and will need 33 votes to overcome a promised filibuster on the second round of debate.
Basketball gains transfer A forward from Kansas State became the Nebraska women’s basketball team's first known transfer of the offseason Monday. Eliza Maupin, who played in 98 games for Kansas State over the past three seasons, announced on social media she is transferring to Nebraska. She entered the transfer portal about two weeks ago.
This past season, the 6-foot-3 Maupin averaged 3.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, for a team that went 28-8 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16.
That’s it for Tuesday, April 15. Stay in the know with Lincoln’s longest-standing news source at JournalStar.com and we will see you back here tomorrow.
Top Journal Star photos for April 2025 Cows graze in the fields below as Sandhill Cranes take flight at sunrise along the Platte River on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Kearney. The Cranes eat corn from the grain fields and then sleep on the sandbars. The largest congregation of sandhill cranes occurs from February to early April along the Platte River in Nebraska.
Gretna East senior Sonora DeFini scores against Lincoln Southwest with a header during a high school soccer game on Monday, April 7, 2025, at Beechner Athletic Complex. Halsey, a Great Horned Owl, looks through a kaleidoscope of mirrors on display on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Indian Center Inc in Lincoln. Lincoln Southwest's Sole Jones (center) competes against other athletes in heat one of the girls 400m during a track and field invitational at Union Bank Stadium on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Lincoln.
A bee covered in pollen buzzes from flower to flower on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln. Jarrek Renshaw, a lead mechanic, works on an engine in a testing area at Duncan Aviation on Wednesday. Duncan is expanding its engine overhaul facility, which will allow it to test engines for Canadian aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.
University of Kansas students Remi Ward (left) and Jess Judd test out their concrete canoe Friday at Holmes Lake. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering hosted a competition in which college students from across the region used their own concrete mixes to design and build canoes -- some more than 20 feet long and weighing more than 300 pounds. The canoes were tested for buoyancy and raced at Holmes Lakes.
The event was part of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Mid-America Student Symposium hosted by UNL from Thursday through Saturday. Rutgers’ Yomar Carreras (left) slides into home as Nebraska’s Will Jesske tags him out on Sunday at Haymarket Park. An early voter drops off her ballot at a drop box at the Lancaster County Election Commission Office, 601 N.
46th St., on Friday in Lincoln. The primary election is Tuesday.
Sandhill Cranes excitedly dance with one another as they begin to stir along the sandbars on the Platte River the morning of Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Kearney. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes have been converging on the Platte Basin for their annual migration to their northern breeding grounds. Every spring, as sandhill cranes are migrating to their breeding grounds, cranes without partners will start pairing up.
During this time, the cranes perform dancing displays. Although the dancing is most common in the breeding season, the cranes can dance all year long. Sometimes the dance involves wing-flapping, bowing, and jumping.
Nebraska defensive line coach Terry Bradden talks to players during a team practice on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Hawks Championship Center. Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, argues at the Nebraska Supreme Court in a case over the city's ban on guns in public places on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at the Capitol. Gov.
Jim Pillen (right) greets World War II veterans Clare Sward (from left) and Jay Cawley on Tuesday in Lincoln. Lincoln Pius X's Tatum Heimes (from left) and Ana Patera look on as Gretna East's Lily Frederick (far right) celebrates a goal with teammate Madi Shelburne during a high school soccer game on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Lincoln. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!.
