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When the Platte and Missouri rivers surged in March 2019, they didn’t just spill over their banks — they washed out bridges, drowned livestock and submerged one-third of Offutt Air Force Base. Floodwaters covered part of the runway and wrecked high-tech flight simulators, triggering an estimated $650 million military…
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers will likely enter the 2027 session looking to fill a projected budget deficit around $200 million, but a larger problem emerged for the next two-year budget after new economic forecasts dropped Friday. Nebraska’s Economic Forecasting Advisory Board met Friday to update state revenue…
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. The Justice Department has sent yet another round of letters to state election officials warning them that they could face criminal prosecution for violating federal election laws…
Sen. Pete Ricketts, Dan Osborn, and the other candidates on the ballot have raised more than $25.6 million combined.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A Hall County District Court judge on Friday upheld 24 convictions and a nearly $4,000 fine against a former Nebraska notary for 2024 petitions to legalize and regulate medical cannabis. Hall County District Judge Andrew Butler found that Hall County Judge Alfred Corey III, who presided over a…
LINCOLN — A ballot measure to extend legislative term limits passed 39-10 in the Nebraska Legislature, but the state lawmaker who brought it is less confident the proposal has the momentum to succeed with voters. “I will guarantee if the people across Nebraska knew what I know and what people down here do know, it
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend are back on after initial cancellations, States Newsroom confirmed Friday. The Midwest rallies mark the final sprint to Election Day on Nov. 3 — now just four days away — where the GOP is itching to maintain its narrow majority in the U.S.
LINCOLN — The state Attorney General’s Office said the Nebraska Governor’s Office “was not implicated in any criminal wrongdoing” in relation to a $2.5 million bioeconomy no-bid contract the state auditor flagged earlier this year. The Lincoln Police Department said late Thursday it had concluded its investigation…