Pillen opens up applications for at-large Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission seat

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 422

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is accepting applications for a seat on the statewide voter-created Medical Cannabis Commission after its chair resigned Monday.

Pillen thanked Dr. Monica Oldenburg, a Lincoln anesthesiologist, for her work. The governor appointed her to the commission in April, and the Legislature confirmed her, 34-11, in May. Her peers named her chair at the commission’s first meeting in June.

In her resignation letter, Oldenburg wrote that she couldn’t “adequately” …

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