UNL choir students sang. Sen. Deb Fischer gave remarks. And steaks from Omaha were served for lunch. Monday's inauguration had a distinctly Nebraska flair.
Gov. Jim Pillen said banning "cultivated-protein food" would protect Nebraska's farmers and ranchers, but agriculture and grocery groups said the measure would go too far.
Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, comments about women and Black troops, and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct make him unfit to serve. Some takeaways from the hearing:
But a new poll conducted by the Ronald Reagan Institute shows that Americans still want our nation to lead, invest in the military and support our allies.
Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong said the suggested amendments would not have changed her decision to dismiss the lawsuit filed against Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana.
Outgoing lawmakers will take with them a combined 95 years of experience. On an individual basis, the average experience per senator will drop from 4.6 years to 2.6 years.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission approved a special permit for a memory care facility in a home near 42nd Street and Prescott Avenue, the third such home-based program n Lincoln.
Republicans now account for nearly 50% of Nebraska voters, according to state data, which also shows a growing number of voters are ditching both parties and becoming nonpartisan.
To prevail, more than 3,300 signatures would have needed to be proved invalid on each petition. "The plaintiff and secretary are well short," Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong wrote.
After his unsuccessful bid to unseat Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, Dan Osborn has launched a political action committee focused on championing working class issues and candidates.
City officials have postponed a meeting — and vote — on a proposal to remove 24 trees and replace them with 70 trees along Goodhue Boulevard until Dec. 13.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit an inmate at Nebraska's only women's prison filed last year over water quality issues that have plagued the prison for years.
The city's new $6.3 million compressed natural gas fueling station will now be used to fuel its 41 CNG buses and 11 paratransit buses, saving $729,000 a year.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird's chief of staff T.J. McDowell is leaving, and Rick Hoppe, who was former mayor Chris Beutler's chief of staff, will take his place.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent’s candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.
Republicans believe that they are in prime shape to win at least 52 seats in the Senate with only days to go until Election Day. The GOP has long been favored to win back the upper chamber, but the size of its majority has been in question as the party’s candidates trailed against Democratic incumbents in [...]
A former cereal plant worker running as an independent in deeply conservative Nebraska has emerged as a serious Senate challenger to two-term Republican Deb Fischer. Fischer's seat had been considered safe for the GOP just months ago. But recent polling...
Dan Osborn, a labor leader and mechanic who is running as an independent, is making Republicans sweat with his dark horse bid to oust Senator Deb Fischer. Can he turn the buzz into votes?
Senate Democrats are facing an increasingly tough road to keeping their majority in the upper chamber as races in crucial swing states tighten with just two weeks until Election Day. The path to 51 seats was always going to be a long shot for Democrats, who are facing a difficult Senate map featuring multiple incumbents [...]
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during his campaign stop at Sly’s Family Bar and Grill in Neligh, Neb., on Monday. Osborn is running against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, and the two parties differ on the status of the race.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen picked a new director Tuesday to lead the state's Behavioral Health division, filling a job that had been vacant since Pillen took office.
Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, opened a campaign office here Sunday afternoon at 2013 Central Ave. He faces Deb Fischer in the Nov. 5 election.
Sen. Deb Fischer's reputation as a rancher and public servant who's more of a workhorse than a show horse served her well until this fall, when independent candidate Dan Osborn burst onto the airwaves with edgy ads redefining the small-town cattlewoman as a corporate huckster. Now, she's fighting for reelection.
Politico got its hands on a memo from the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Somehow the memo contains some of the best polling for Democrats we’ve seen in ages.
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