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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…
While broadcasters, social media and others who make money during political campaigns back their cash-filled trucks up to the bank, silence is returning. It’s a welcome sound. We may argue over results, laugh at new conspiracy theories and breathe sighs of relief or resignation, but the political advertising avalanche…
LINCOLN — As Nebraskans head to the polls Tuesday, they will vote in some of the most expensive races in state history — and in a year when candidates and statewide ballot measure campaigns have already raised more than $63 million. Campaign finance data available as of Sunday afternoon indicates general election…
LINCOLN — In the final weeks of the race for Nebraska governor, the Republican and Democratic candidates have received some of their largest donations from their respective governors’ associations. The candidates have also received boosts from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Kentucky Gov. Andy…
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…