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Gov. Pillen Holds First-Ever Open Media Cabinet Meeting

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By Samantha Bernt
| KRGY-FM (Grand Island, NE) Verified
Apr 21, 2026 / Samantha Bernt LINCOLN, NE –  Governor Jim Pillen hosted a first-ever open cabinet meeting for members of the media. Held in the Governor’s Hearing Room and streamed live, the session focused on core areas of his administration: taxes, kids, agriculture and Nebraska values. Agency leaders detailed operational successes, those achieved during the current legislative session and since Gov. Pillen first entered office.
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Gov. Pillen Holds First-Ever Open Media Cabinet Meeting

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By Samantha Bernt
| KIOD-FM (McCook, NE) Verified
LINCOLN, NE –  Governor Jim Pillen hosted a first-ever open cabinet meeting for members of the media. Held in the Governor’s Hearing Room and streamed live, the session focused on core areas of his administration: taxes, kids, agriculture and Nebraska values. Agency leaders detailed operational successes, those achieved during the current legislative session and since Gov. Pillen first entered office. “I want to give a gigantic thank you to everyone that is seated around this table,” said Gov.
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Federal workers rally in Lincoln against job cuts, loss of union rights

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By Samantha Bernt
| KSNB-TV (Hastings, NE) Verified
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - About three dozen people, including federal workers and union leaders, gathered on the corner of 70th & O streets in Lincoln Tuesday evening to share a message. “We’re just workers like everybody else living in modest homes like everyone else,” Ruark Hotopp, National Vice President for the American Federation of Government Employees District 8, said. “The same churches, our kids play on the same playgrounds. We’re not the enemy. We’re not demons.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

my campus newspaper- The Daily Nebraskan

Why did you become a journalist?

I've always loved writing and when I got to high school I decided I wanted to try journalism. I fell in love with it instantly.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Get started early. Get as much experience as early as you can because there are some things you can't learn in the classroom.
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