LINCOLN — The ongoing Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office investigation into possibly fraudulent petition signatures has expanded to all four statewide citizen-led initiatives. Chief Deputy Ben Houchin of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office announced the expansion at a Wednesday morning briefing. The four proposed ballot measures seek to legalize and regulate online sports betting, restrict K-12 and […]

LINCOLN — The vast majority of the 2,407 petition signatures rejected for former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom’s nonpartisan bid for Nebraska governor came in Lancaster County, where just 24.6% of signatures were valid. Lindstrom submitted 2,210 signatures total for review in Lancaster County. Just 543 were valid. This is not the first petition campaign to face […]

LINCOLN — Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha will not appear on the ballot for Nebraska governor this November after a “significant” number of petition signatures were flagged for fraud. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees state elections, confirmed Friday that Lindstrom, 45, did not obtain at least 4,000 valid signatures as required […]

Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom submitted more than 5,700 signatures in his bid to qualify as a nonpartisan candidate for Nebraska governor.

Former state Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont announced a corn and soybean farmer and ex-Republican on Tuesday as her pick for lieutenant governor.

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series with Nebraska gubernatorial candidates about their pivot from the May 12 primary election to the Nov. 3 general election. LINCOLN — Rick Beard knows the uphill climb he faces to be elected Nebraska’s next governor but feels his third-party status and ideas for a state-run medical […]