The friction is classic: Progress and societal good versus tradition and individual rights.
Spending to influence Nebraska lawmakers and shape state laws hit record levels again last year.
State Sen. Dave Murman has scheduled a July 31 hearing as part of an interim legislative study of controversial subjects -- like critical race theory -- in K-12 classrooms.
Lincoln Public Schools is planning its biggest property tax levy drop in more than 20 years, but Lincoln residents will likely see their property taxes go up under the proposed 2023-2024 budget now being considered by the Board of Education.
The Lincoln City Council and city officials are attempting to thread a controversial needle as they consider a proposed ordinance to regulate collaborative sober-living homes for people in recovery.
Nebraska will receive $405.3 million in federal funds to extend broadband internet to areas where it’s not available or too slow.
When Lincolnites and Nebraskans talk about attracting people and retaining our best and brightest youth, the conversation often centers on policy -- tax breaks, job creation initiatives, building family-friendly communities.
The Fourth of July is the perfect time to look up from social skirmishes and appreciate our nation and the ideals it is founded upon.
LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
Selling beer at Memorial Stadium during Volleyball Day in August, transferring oversight of Husker Athletics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor to university system President Ted Carter and hiring Rodney Bennett as UNL chancellor grabbed the headlines when the Board of Regent…
LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
LB753 is a contentious issue, the ramifications of which will affect every Nebraskan through their taxes and every student through its impact on schools, public and private.
Lincolnites were so stunned by the increase in this year’s property value assessments that a concerned citizen created a free website to help neighbors protest their valuations.
Nebraska’s tax revenues continue to drop, falling below the optimistic projections for the economic future that were used to craft the state’s budget, which anticipated a spending increase.
The Board of Regents will vote Thursday on whether to allow the sale of beer in Memorial Stadium for Volleyball Day in Nebraska on Aug. 30.
The Malone Community Center needs a new, larger building.
Rodney D. Bennett will, in all likelihood, become the 21st chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when the Board of Regents votes on his appointment on June 22.
Nebraska now has a voter identification law that is serviceable, workable and lawful, thanks to the Legislature, which enacted the best possible measure to implement the voter-approved constitutional requirement.
While this space is usually filled with the Editorial Board's view on one topic or another, it's not unusual for us to set aside our dives into divisive issues of the day to honor and celebrate a community member for his or her contributions to Lincoln or Nebraska.
The 2023 Nebraska Legislative session will be remembered as the most contentious in state history and for the public expressions of support and strong opposition to, and the passage of, a controversial bill that banned abortions after 12 weeks and restricted gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Without finding additional revenue sources like raising tuition or cutting costs, the deficit for the University of Nebraska system as a whole could balloon to $80 million in 2024-25.
Last week, Lincoln got a chance to see what five years and $56 million could do for its airport.
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The conflict over restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care for minors that embroiled the 2023 session of Legislature has, not surprisingly, moved to the courts. And for good reason.
It is a measure of the importance of Nebraska football to the state that the University of Nebraska Board of Regents is considering making system President Ted Carter responsible for directing and overseeing Husker athletics.
The Legislature and Gov. Jim Pillen, at last, took action to address one of Nebraska’s most vexing issues — property taxes driven by ever-higher agricultural land valuations, which largely go to support public schools.
Like tobacco companies a generation ago, social media companies will likely be held accountable for the consequences of the long-term use of their products.
The Class of 2023 started its freshman year under the cloud of COVID. It ends its high school under bluer skies and greener risk dials.
It is time to sound the alarm at the Lancaster County Jail.
From 2011 to 2021, Nebraska’s prison population grew by 21% and created the nation’s most overcrowded corrections system. During the same time period, national prison numbers fell by 24%.
Nebraska had no demonstrable need for a voter ID law. Elections have always been safe, secure and accurately counted.