House Republicans recently passed a bill that would injure our most vulnerable. Their Blazing Saddles' hostage tactic: Hold a gun, the threat …
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I was born and raised in Nebraska. I left Nebraska in 1981 after receiving my B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because economic op…
A University of Chicago student who happens to be white objected to an undergraduate anthropology class titled “The Problem of Whiteness.”
Democrats panned the amendment’s passage after a 221-213 vote, which was supported by all but two Republicans.
The poll from OpenSky Policy Institute found 55% of Nebraskans oppose the tax credit program. The sponsor of the law says the survey was flawed.
Fairness Ordinance goes to court; Pinewood summer musical raises curtain; Nebraska Fan Day coming later this month.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's new ban on most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy was challenged in court on Wednesday, launching what …
Some governors and state legislators, including Nebraska's, have conflated civic duty with moral certitude to create a spate of codified self-…
Americans who are, as the Bible describes Joshua, "well stricken in years" might remember images of events that preceded passage of the "publi…
The saga of Lincoln's Fair-ness Ordinance has moved to the courts. Kay Siebler, a leader of a group called Let Lincoln Vote, is asking Lancast…
Bucking the stance of his predecessor, Gov. Jim Pillen has accepted what's left of millions of dollars in emergency rent aid that the federal …
Spending to influence Nebraska lawmakers and shape state laws hit record levels again last year.
Some governors and state legislators, including Nebraska’s, have conflated civic duty with moral certitude to create a spate of codified self-…
Harris cast her 31st tiebreaking vote on Wednesday to advance the nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The only other VP to play the role of tiebreaker so many times was John C. Calhoun.
A new poll finds most U.S. adults oppose the strictest bans on abortion. Most Americans also believe there should be some restrictions.
Supporters of a fairness ordinance are asking a court to compel the Lincoln City Council to enact an ordinance or let voters decide.
Sober living homes get OK; Winery near Lincoln wants to expand; Nebraska football's Donovan Raiola talks grass fields, O-line cohesion.
In a legislative session dominated by multi-bill packages, LB753 (Opportunity Scholarship Act) was one of the few single-topic bills passed. T…
The Lancaster county board recently instituted a paid parental leave policy granting employees six weeks paid leave for the birth, adoption or…
Bucking his predecessor, Gov. Jim Pillen has accepted what’s left of millions of dollars in emergency rent aid that the federal government had set aside for Nebraska’s 91 smaller counties.
Sen. Robert Dover of Norfolk and 22 other state senators are objecting to Southeast Community College's plan to increase its property tax levy to the maximum allowed under law.
Several new voting laws in mostly Republican-led states impose criminal penalties or fines for helping people register to vote — particularly affecting Asian American and Asian immigrant communities.
"A really good start."
With the end of the Supreme Court's 2022 term, what have we learned about the most junior justice?
The ordinance, which was approved on a 6-1 vote, caps the number of residents living in a home at a maximum of 10.