Nebraska’s Redistricting Committee held its third public hearing Thursday for Dist. 1 in Omaha before voting in favor of the proposal that splits Douglas County.
Nebraska’s Redistricting Committee has lined up public hearings this week in each of the three congressional districts to allow for public comment on the proposals.
The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.
Nebraskans almost said goodbye to property taxes Wednesday. A plan that would have dramatically changed the way state residents pay taxes failed — by two votes — in the Unicameral.
State lawmakers have rejected an attempt to steer more money into Nebraska’s small, rural K-12 schools, many of which receive little aid from the state because they have few students and are surrounded by valuable farmland.
A rural Nebraska county that was ordered to pay a $28.1 million legal judgment for sending six innocent people to prison could get a $4 million bailout from the state under a bill that won initial approval from lawmakers.
Nebraska lawmakers have kicked off a debate on a bill that would indirectly subsidize private schools with a state tax credit for people who donate to private-school scholarship programs.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
Lancaster County Election Commissioner David Shively announced on Monday that the Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s Office will be open additional hours for Early Voting in advance of the May 4 City of Lincoln General Election.
A proposal to cap Nebraska property tax increases at 3% stalled in the Legislature amid fierce opposition from allies of local governments, who cast it as an attack on local control.
Gov. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 13 other Republican governors in a joint letter to President Biden challenging him to provide details on his executive order on climate change.
A bill to give free-speech protections to student journalists and their advisors failed Wednesday in Nebraska’s Unicameral. The vote came hours into the debate.
Lancaster County Election Commissioner David Shively announced on Monday that the Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s Office will be open additional hours for Early Voting in advance of the April 6 City of Lincoln Primary Election.
Lancaster County Election Commissioner David Shively reminded voters that the last day to register to vote for the April 6 Lincoln City Primary Election is Friday, March 26.
