LINCOLN — University of Nebraska leaders and Nebraska’s federal delegation are celebrating a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to reappropriate $37 million and fully fund the new precision agriculture facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The USDA decided last year to decommission the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Doing so has freed up […]
LINCOLN — The Republican National Committee appealed a district judge’s ruling to the Nebraska Supreme Court that upheld the validity of a state law allowing certain overseas voters to vote. The RNC and two Lancaster County voters filed the appeal Thursday afternoon. The case involves a state law dating back to 2005 that allows U.S. […]
Nebraska’s two major political parties have asked the state Supreme Court to overrule a decision allowing two new political parties to form.
With the emergency injunction delaying their certification being lifted, both parties will likely be certified.
LINCOLN — The conservative campaign seeking to reshape Lincoln municipal elections turned in a second set of signatures Wednesday in hopes of reaching the November ballot. Good Government Lincoln, the group led by former state Sen. Tony Fulton of Lincoln, announced Wednesday that they were again turning in more than 9,000 signatures across three petitions seeking […]
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 […]
Democratic Party chair's affidavit reaffirms strategy of clearing the field for nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn.
LINCOLN — The top administrator of Nebraska’s first designated “rural emergency hospital” has resigned amid financial abuse allegations from the state auditor that he used hospital funds for “lavish personal entertainment.” Auditor Mike Foley, in a 28-page letter Tuesday, laid out more than $38,000 in questionable purchases that his team found the chief executive and […]
OMAHA — A former University of Nebraska regent will spend at least the next six months in jail for driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury during a May 2025 crash. Douglas County District Judge Jeffrey Lux on Monday sentenced Elizabeth O’Connor of Omaha to one year behind bars. Under Nebraska’s “good time” law, […]
The notice filed last week cites a state statute that the attorney general “shall” be heard if a law is alleged to be unconstitutional.
