Letter: Investigative journalism honored May 15, 2026 May 15, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago 0 × Big Dipper Innovation Summit Day 2; RTD 100 restaurants; Free Press building sold Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”kAm$@>6E:>6D[ E96 @?=J :?5:G:5F2=D DE2?5:?8 36EH66? 4:E:K6?D 2?5 7C2F5F=6?E 8@G6C?>6?E @A6C2E:@?D 2C6 :?G6DE:82E:G6 C6A@CE6CD H9@D6 ;@3 :D E@ D9:?6 2 =:89E @? 8@G6C?>6?E 2772:CD[ H2CED 2?5 2==]k^AmkAmx? C646?E J62CD[ $2>F6= !2C<6C @7 %96 %:>6D\s:DA2E49 92D 366? 6IA@D:?8 E96 H2CED @7 #:49>@?5 r:EJ w2== :? :ED G2C:@FD :E6C2E:@?D @7 >:D4@?5F4E 2?5 :?4@>A6E6?46]k^AmkAms6DA:E6 @7E6? 36:?8 DE@?6H2==65 3J 4:EJ @77:4:2=D[ 96 >2?2865 E@ 56=G6 :?E@ 4@FCE C64@C5D[ 4@?EC24ED 2?5 @E96C 566A C6D@FC46D E@ C6G62= H2DE65 E2IA2J6C 5@==2CD[ 4C@?J:D>[ 8C:7E[ A@@C 4FDE@>6C D6CG:46 2?5 @E96C F?2446AE23=6 3692G:@CD :? E96 A2DE] (:E9@FE !2C<6C’D H@C<[ #:49>@?5 4:E:K6?D H@F=5 92G6 366? 3=:DD7F==J F?2H2C6 @7 >@DE @7 E96D6 :DDF6D]k^Am People are also reading… Greenwood Cemetery petition signatures surge over 650 signatures Unofficial Dawson County election results Boys state soccer: Lexington tops Bennington, delivers Class B record for first-round wins Just: With Big Ten tourney title, Nebraska softball makes case for NCAA's No. 1 seed Local athletes qualify for Class B state track meet ‘About the people and for the people’: Global Roots opens community garden in Lexington Work will begin on I-80, Brady to Gothenburg Lexington boys soccer heads to state for 17th time in school history 199 students graduate from Lexington High School during Sunday ceremony Lexington boys soccer defeats Elkhorn 2-0 in district semifinal 2026 NBA mock draft: AJ Dybantsa or Darryn Peterson No. 1? Experts weigh in Cozad's Ethan Atchison wins SWC golf champion title Lexington area journalist Barb Bierman Batie inducted into the Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame Veterans aim to connect with kids at Hooked on Heroes Person found dead after being shot near Omaha's Dundee neighborhood kAmx? C64@8?:E:@? @7 9:D 4@?EC:3FE:@?D[ #:49>@?5 u:CDE[ 2 `_f\J62C\@=5 @C82?:K2E:@? DFAA@CE:?8 8@@5 8@G6C?>6?E 2?5 2? :?7@C>65 4:E:K6?CJ[ :D 9@?@C65 E@ C64@8?:K6 !2C<6C H:E9 :ED pH2C5 7@C !F3=:4 $6CG:46 %9C@F89 x?G6DE:82E:G6 y@FC?2=:D>]k^AmkAm}6HD D@FC46D E92E 5FE:7F==J 4@G6C 8@G6C?>6?E @A6C2E:@?D 2C6 6DD6?E:2= E@ 2 962=E9J 56>@4C24J] “tG6CJ 8@G6C?>6?E 5686?6C2E6D H96? ECFDE65 E@ E96 CF=6CD @7 E96 A6@A=6 2=@?6] %96 A6@A=6 E96>D6=G6D 2C6 :ED @?=J D276 56A@D:E@C:6D[” y6776CD@? C6>:?5D FD]k^Am kAmx?7@C>2E:@?[ E9C@F89 :?G6DE:82E:G6 C6A@CE:?8[ 3C:?8D A@H6C E@ E96 A6@A=6]k^Am kAmkDEC@?8m$FK2??6 |F?D@?k^DEC@?8mk^Am kAmkDEC@?8m!2DE !C6D:56?E[ #:49>@?5 u:CDEk^DEC@?8mk^Am From the Archives: Election front pages Take a look back at front pages the day after past elections. Times-Dispatch Updated Apr 17, 2026 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 Updated Apr 17, 2026 0 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Southeast Nebraska speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of May. 15, 2026 Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Lincoln Journal Star. A1 Minute for May 13, 2026: Big Dipper Innovation Summit Day 2; RTD 100 restaurants; Free Press building sold Big Dipper Innovation Summit Day 2; RTD 100 restaurants; Free Press building sold
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