The Nebraska Legislature will not adjourn Sine Die this week.
- CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star
Senators paused a debate on the most Nebraska of issues — how to reduce property taxes — to celebrate something Nebraskans like to talk about even more: Husker basketball.
- ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
After hours of debate, Nebraska lawmakers failed to advance a bill focused on dyslexia screening and third-grade reading benchmarks. Here’s what stalled it.
- Kenneth Ferriera, Arthur Trickett-Wile, Lincoln Journal Star
- CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star
Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh secured a surprise funding boost to help advance a plan to expand free school meals to thousands of Nebraska students.
- Josh Reyes World-Herald Bureau
Omaha State Sen. Kathleen Kauth proposed bills this session that deal with bathrooms, treatment for youth with gender dysphoria and
- ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
Patrick Haggerty will leave his role as director of Nebraska's Broadband Office on May 1, a role he was appointed to in June 2023.
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill granting six weeks of paid leave to state employees who give birth or adopt, now including adoptive fathers after a compromise.
The Legislature approved an amendment from Omaha Sen. Ashlei Spivey requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a state plan amendment to reimburse doula services through Medicaid.
Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth made a last minute attempt to attach her controversial transgender bill to legislation expanding maternity leave for state employees.
Staring at a long list of amendments and with little time remaining, Sen. Beau Ballard pulled his amendment, freeing up the Legislature to move forward with other business.
While budget bills are the only type of legislation the governor has the power to line-item veto, Gov. Jim Pillen signed the mid-biennium budget adjustment package into law without any objections.
In a sit-down interview with the Journal Star Tuesday, Republican Rep. Mike Flood said Congress needs to be briefed on military operations in Iran after President Donald Trump escalated the conflict.
We reached out to candidates in contested primary election races and asked them to provide biographical information and answer questions relevant to the offices they seek.
The Haymarket district has been a focal point for businesses and restaurants in downtown Lincoln since the late 1800s. Look back at how the Haymarket changed throughout the years through these archive photos.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Lincoln Journal Star.
Cozad Public Schools's Afterzone and preschool programs have experienced a ride in tuition due to reformatting and grant refusals.
Wildfires have ravaged Nebraska in recent weeks, with the largest in the state’s history, the Morrill Fire, and three other major fires having burned more than 700,000 acres.
The Nebraska Legislature will not adjourn Sine Die this week.
Senators paused a debate on the most Nebraska of issues — how to reduce property taxes — to celebrate something Nebraskans like to talk about even more: Husker basketball.
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Police records have identified the 30-year-old Lincoln woman who died Wednesday. Her death is being investigated as suspicious.
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Dirk M. Earll, 29, is charged with third-degree sexual assault of a child, a Class 3A felony; and two counts of committing child abuse intentionally with no injury.
Guillermo Goytia-Avitia, 57, of North Platte was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of theft by deception, more than $5,000.
The Nebraska Legislature will not adjourn Sine Die this week.
Senators paused a debate on the most Nebraska of issues — how to reduce property taxes — to celebrate something Nebraskans like to talk about even more: Husker basketball.
After hours of debate, Nebraska lawmakers failed to advance a bill focused on dyslexia screening and third-grade reading benchmarks. Here’s what stalled it.