Ted Turner, longtime Nebraska land baron, still buying as next chapter nears
The billionaire founder of CNN has long owned more Nebraska land than anyone. What becomes of it when he’s gone?
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The billionaire founder of CNN has long owned more Nebraska land than anyone. What becomes of it when he’s gone?
Foreign companies have serious ties to Nebraska agriculture, but those ties don’t often lead to ownership of Nebraska farmland – thanks partly to a 19th century law.
In the past five years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought twice as much Nebraska land as the second biggest buyer. If they keep it up, they’ll soon own more than anyone.
Seven out-of-state buyers, including a Utah church, a Philadelphia corporate farm and a California investment fund, spent nearly $250 million in the past five years on pricey Nebraska farmland, FFP analysis shows.
See the Top 100 buyers of Nebraska farmland, by both money and amount of land.
In one district a librarian resigned and a school board member could be recalled. It’s not the only community where tension over book removals has spilled out of the library.
In the wake of the Saint Francis debacle, the State of Nebraska has taken over case management inside the Omaha-area child welfare system. It’s still struggling, experts and the state’s own metrics show.
A “historical lack of fiscal discipline.” A “lack of monitoring” of projected budgets. Funds improperly “disguised” as revenue alongside an allegation that donors and university leaders were misled…
Kathy Mesner has a word for the potential fallout from a property valuation dispute in Lancaster County. She’s not involved in the case, but she’s keeping close tabs…
Nebraska jumped to the forefront of monitoring for outbreaks after two dogs died in 2004. But political and economic hurdles continue to slow efforts to prevent toxic blooms.