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America voted. After the Trump administration pressured election officials, after concerns that armed federal agents would deploy to the polls, after fears U.S. Department of Justice election monitors would intimidate voters — ballots were cast by the millions Tuesday, mostly without incident. Across the United…
While much of the national attention on today’s midterm elections has focused on control of Congress, voters across the country will also choose which party controls the levers of state power. Across the states, more than 6,000 legislative seats are up for grabs, leaving the partisan control of numerous chambers…
Polls open for 12 hours at 8 a.m. Central time/7 a.m. Mountain time. Mail-in ballots must be returned by the time polls close.
LINCOLN — Federal officials have approved 28 Nebraska census tracts as “opportunity zones” eligible for a new tax incentive program that starts in January and is intended to boost economic development. The tracts span the state from Scottsbluff to Omaha and include both rural and urban areas. The batch was submitted…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, mere hours before Election Day in the midterms that will determine control of Congress, denied the Trump administration’s final attempt to force California to set aside the ballots of 20,000 people it suspects are noncitizens. The decision marked a significant blow to President Donald…
Downstream Missouri River states have worried for decades about receiving an insufficient flow of water from upstream dams. Now they’re worried their share of water could be further diminished by potential pipelines for dry Western states. The concern is the basis of a dispute about the U.S. House version of the…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to require California to set aside the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters in a last-ditch appeal by the Trump administration to exert control over the state’s vote counting. The request came on the eve of Election Day and as more than 5 million…
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s capital city is preparing for an unprecedented spectacle Saturday. One of Lincoln’s two prestigious National Historic Landmarks — the 125-year-old Fairview mansion built for political heavyweight William Jennings Bryan and his wife, Mary — will be relocated to a different corner of the hospital…