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The Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) is a state agency of Nebraska, headquartered in Lincoln. [3] The agency provides health and human services for both families and regular patients. DHHS is Nebraska's largest agency and is responsible for nearly one-third of the state's government, both in employees and budget. [4]
The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices . Each justice is initially appointed by the governor of Nebraska ; using the Missouri Plan , each justice is then subject to a retention vote for additional six-year terms.
The Nebraska Constitution prohibits use of a property tax, thus most revenue is collected from a state sales tax, use taxes, and a state income tax. [1] The department also oversees the Nebraska Lottery and "Charitable Gaming". [1] The department headquarters are located at the State Office Building in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The major daily newspaper in Nebraska is the Omaha World-Herald, formerly the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States. [254] Weeklies in the city include the Midlands Business Journal (weekly business publication); American Classifieds (formerly Thrifty Nickel), a weekly classified newspaper; The Reader, as well as The Omaha Star.
The Richardsonian Romanesque Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall was designed and built in 1894–95 by architects Fisher & Lawrie, [2] and was the meeting place of the William Baumer Post No. 24, one of 354 GAR posts in Nebraska. The hall has been restored and is now the Civil War Veterans Museum at the GAR Memorial Hall.
Map of the United States with Nebraska highlighted. Nebraska is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 census, Nebraska was the 37th most populous state with 1,961,504 inhabitants [1] and the 15th largest by land area spanning 76,824.17 square miles (198,973.7 km 2) of land.
Hall County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 62,895, [1] making it Nebraska's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Grand Island. [2] The county was formed in 1858; it was named for Augustus Hall, an early judge of this territory. [3]