Lincoln City Councilman Tom Duden wanted to change his vote to reappoint three members to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Board of Health — all of whom served during the pandemic.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen asked the federal government Monday to allow the state to bar recipients of federal food assistance from using the money to buy pop or energy drinks.
Dan Osborn, the former upstart U.S. Senate candidate who ran a closer-than-expected race against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer last year, may once again ask Nebraskans to send him to Washington.
The Nebraska Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday morning in a legal challenge brought against the city of Lincoln over the city's ban on guns in public places.
The United States is ill-prepared for a potential nuclear showdown with China, key thinkers with the Heritage Foundation are warning President Donald Trump.
A parking pilot is underway downtown; the city is leasing land to a contractor during construction of new state prison; council calls a recess to silence out-of-order speaker.
The federal government told building co-owner George Johnson Feb. 28 that it would cancel its Niobrara National Scenic River Visitor Center lease Sept. 30. A Tuesday email reversed that decision.
When U.S. lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill this month to keep the government running through September, more than $100 million earmarked for Nebraska projects and communities vanished.
When U.S. lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill this month to keep the government running through September, more than $100 million earmarked for Nebraska projects and communities vanished.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders can draw a crowd. No doubt about it. And as Democrats continue to feel their way out of the Trumpian swamps, you can't blame them for wanting to vent in large groups. Sanders has amassed them...
That weird blizzard that blew through Lincoln the day before the official start of first spring, dropping dirty, wet, heavy snow everywhere, did a number on the traffic signals.
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ashley Hinson and Sen. Pete Ricketts are rolling out a bicameral bill with bipartisan support that would secure agriculture supply chains in the United States from vulnerabilities and potential Chinese Communist Party exploitation, Fox News Digital has learned.
Republican lawmakers are starting to urge President Trump to reverse his decisions to pause U.S. military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, warning that a prolonged stoppage of U.S. help for the war effort would have a seriously detrimental effect. They say that Trump has the right to temporarily halt weapons shipments to Ukraine to assess [...]
The tomahawk will be available to be seen by the public while the Appropriations Committee considers a bill requesting state funds for a Chief Standing Bear museum.
The Trump admin is putting a "disastrous" high-speed rail project in California on notice after it started almost two decades ago and has "no rail" being built.
UNL choir students sang. Sen. Deb Fischer gave remarks. And steaks from Omaha were served for lunch. Monday's inauguration had a distinctly Nebraska flair.
Gov. Jim Pillen said banning "cultivated-protein food" would protect Nebraska's farmers and ranchers, but agriculture and grocery groups said the measure would go too far.
Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, comments about women and Black troops, and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct make him unfit to serve. Some takeaways from the hearing:
But a new poll conducted by the Ronald Reagan Institute shows that Americans still want our nation to lead, invest in the military and support our allies.
Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong said the suggested amendments would not have changed her decision to dismiss the lawsuit filed against Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana.
Outgoing lawmakers will take with them a combined 95 years of experience. On an individual basis, the average experience per senator will drop from 4.6 years to 2.6 years.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission approved a special permit for a memory care facility in a home near 42nd Street and Prescott Avenue, the third such home-based program n Lincoln.
Republicans now account for nearly 50% of Nebraska voters, according to state data, which also shows a growing number of voters are ditching both parties and becoming nonpartisan.
To prevail, more than 3,300 signatures would have needed to be proved invalid on each petition. "The plaintiff and secretary are well short," Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong wrote.
After his unsuccessful bid to unseat Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, Dan Osborn has launched a political action committee focused on championing working class issues and candidates.
City officials have postponed a meeting — and vote — on a proposal to remove 24 trees and replace them with 70 trees along Goodhue Boulevard until Dec. 13.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit an inmate at Nebraska's only women's prison filed last year over water quality issues that have plagued the prison for years.
The city's new $6.3 million compressed natural gas fueling station will now be used to fuel its 41 CNG buses and 11 paratransit buses, saving $729,000 a year.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird's chief of staff T.J. McDowell is leaving, and Rick Hoppe, who was former mayor Chris Beutler's chief of staff, will take his place.
