Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position. And no one could be ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken beside mayors and members of Congress. But Jewel Rodgers of Omaha stepped on ...

Jewel Rodgers, daughter of Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, has been selected as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history. The spoken-word poet wants to make poetry accessible to all Nebraskans.

Daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers becomes the first African American State Poet in Nebraska history.

(KOLN) - Governor Jim Pillen announced the new state poet in a ceremony on Monday. Jewel Rodgers, an Omaha native, was named the new poet after Matt Mason’s term was complete. The state poet ...

New Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers, left, poses with Gov. Jim Pillen, First Lady Suzanne Pillen, and her father, Johnny Rodgers. (Screenshot of Nebraska Public Media) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s ...

Two weeks after he was hospitalized with seven broken ribs, a fractured vertebrae and a partially collapsed lung after he was thrown from a horse, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is back at work — with a ...

Gov. Jim Pillen and first lady Suzanne Pillen introduced Jewel Rodgers of Omaha as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history at a Capitol news conference on Monday. Watching from the sidelines ...

Jewel Rodgers, the daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers, was named by Governor Pillen to be the next Nebraska State Poet. She was selected from four applicants. She is the youngest at ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...