Nebraska is in the process of working with retailers to remove its current Healthy Choice Waiver restrictions on soda and energy drinks for food assistance recipient.
- Josh Reyes World-Herald Staff Writer
Nebraska's regulations for medical cannabis take effect July 6, but advocates say officials set up a program that's "too weak to succeed." Meanwhile, Iowa just expanded access to out-of-state residents.
- LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska's Solicitor General said the effects of Lincoln's minimum wage ordinance would "ripple beyond the borders of the city."
- ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
Members of Nebraska's all-Republican congressional delegation stressed the importance of maintaining good trade relations with Mexico and Canada Thursday after the Trump administration declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
- Erin Bamer Nebraska Examiner
The question of whether online sports betting should be legal in Nebraska will likely come before voters this November.
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- Josh Reyes World-Herald Staff Writer
The Nebraska Working Families Party and the America First Party are working to become official in Nebraska. It's still unclear who is behind each party.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced the Capitol would showcase handmade quilts and a replica of the Declaration of Independence during the month of July to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
The Department of Defense is basing a significant slice of its latest all-of-military effort to improve how the U.S. uses electromagnetic warfare at Offutt Air Force Base and StratCom.
State officials told lawmakers Whitehall's aging campus poses safety concerns and may need $6.3 million in repairs. A move to Hastings remains under discussion.
The organization Fairness for Girls is a step closer to letting Nebraska voters decide if the state's Constitution should bar "students of the male sex" from girls sports teams.
Former lawmaker Julie Slama speaks as Fairness for Girls prepares to deliver 211,000 signatures in support of putting a constitutional amendment to limit school sports by sex on a statewide ballot.
Planned Parenthood is laying off 38 employees and closing its Iowa City clinic as it cites funding pressures and political challenges. Nebraska clinics remain open.
The Nebraska Department of Transportation was awarded a $15.6 million federal grant through the Federal Highway Administration’s Competitive Highway Bridge Program to repair and replace four interstate bridges in Lincoln.
The Honke family of Roca recently completed their epic quest to visit all 50 state capitol buildings before they turned 50. Here's a sampling of their journey.
Matt and Kathy Honke have completed a journey that has taken them to every state capitol before they turn 50. Their final stop was in Richmond, Virginia, on July 1.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Lincoln Journal Star.
On the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, thousands of people gathered in The RiverFront parks in downtown Omaha Saturday night to take in fireworks and music performed by the Omaha Symphony.
Iris Herse, a 100-year-old original Rosie the Riveter, tells her story and experiences during World War II and how she remains humble after playing a role in American history.
Friends and former classmates say they never expected the charges now facing an Omaha man accused in an alleged plot to kill President Donald Trump.
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Nebraska is in the process of working with retailers to remove its current Healthy Choice Waiver restrictions on soda and energy drinks for food assistance recipient.
Nebraska's regulations for medical cannabis take effect July 6, but advocates say officials set up a program that's "too weak to succeed." Meanwhile, Iowa just expanded access to out-of-state residents.
Nebraska's Solicitor General said the effects of Lincoln's minimum wage ordinance would "ripple beyond the borders of the city."
Members of Nebraska's all-Republican congressional delegation stressed the importance of maintaining good trade relations with Mexico and Canada Thursday after the Trump administration declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.