The effort to permanently honor the Nebraska State Capitol’s longtime unofficial mascot, Cameron the Capitol Cat, has been scaled back.

Legislative changes this year to annual bumps in the minimum wage mean workers’ increase next year will be 29 cents less than what voters approved in 2022.

As criticism clouds Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s latest appointees to a state advisory board predicting state tax revenues, lawmakers are divided on their possible influence.

The Nebraska Examiner launched its Nov. 3, 2026, voter guide for federal and state-level candidates, statewide ballot measures and judges.

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen has finalized Nebraska’s fall 2026 ballot, coming after a lawsuit-heavy post-primary season.

A longtime cannabis opponent will not have a day in court to try to overturn Nebraska's voter-approved medical cannabis laws, for now.

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Nebraska’s two voter-approved medical cannabis laws following a legal challenge.

The U.S. House of Representatives, in a bipartisan way Thursday, passed the first major aid package to Ukraine under President Donald Trump.

Nebraska became the first state to implement new federally mandated work requirements for Medicaid recipients in May.

Gov. Jim Pillen has directed the state’s largest agency to seek approval to temporarily waive new Medicaid work requirements in Dawson County.

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Three petitions seek to change the dates of Lincoln elections, let certain nonresidents vote and place term limits on City Council members.

While congressional support for Ukraine has stalled in recent months, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is helping to force a vote.

Two incumbent lawmakers trailed election opponents by the unofficial close of counting, and another could be in trouble come November.

The lawsuit challenged the executive branch's legal authority to convert a state prison into a federal detention center for migrants.

A former notary for petitions to legalize and regulate medical cannabis was fined nearly $4,000 but received no jail time for 24 charges.

The Nebraska Examiner has officially launched its May 2026 primary election voter guide for all candidates for federal and state offices.

The state commission is anxious for the Legislature to pass the state’s first bill related to a medical cannabis program as a key next step.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen downplayed the mandate of people-led ballot measures as lawmakers are set to debate school choice funding again.

Lawmakers kept $3.5 million in Nebraska’s budget to help K-12 students using state funding to attend private school continue attending.

Lawmakers kept $3.5 million in Nebraska’s budget to help K-12 students using state funding to attend private school continue attending.

The former notary facing 24 criminal charges took the witness stand on the second day of his criminal trial.

A majority of the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee appears open to a proposal to protect physicians who recommend medical cannabis.

The criminal trial against a notary who helped two 2024 ballot petitions aimed at legalizing and regulating medical cannabis began Monday.

Congress has regularly updated federal protections for state laws allowing medical cannabis. But the latest update left off Nebraska.

Nebraska's minimum wage will annually increase at 1.75%, not by the cost of living, and certain teen workers can be paid a subminimum wage.

The NU Board of Regents, in a clash with former leaders of Nebraska Medicine, asked Nebraska’s attorney general to get involved.

A legislative bill could be one of the last hurdles facing a deal to leave the University of Nebraska the sole owner of Nebraska Medicine.

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services will no longer seek to cap weekly paid hours for live-in family caregivers as part of a Medicaid waiver that helps aging Nebraskans and…

Nebraska will no longer divert federal survivor benefits for youths in foster care to help reimburse the costs of their care.

The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission could be granted broader power to regulate patients, caregivers and health care practitioners.

Legislative bills seek to make the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission an elected office and protect physicians recommending the medicine.

The fate of State Sen. Dan McKeon's continued service in the Nebraska Legislature will likely be decided by yet-to-be-released evidence.

The proposal would make changes to a Medicaid waiver that allows aging Nebraskans or those with disabilities to remain at home.

Nebraska’s governor and congressional delegation speak out in defense of Ukraine and Nebraska’s interests.

A Nebraska veteran is halfway through his eighth visit to Ukraine since 2022 as the country continues to fight Russian invasion.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to eliminate four academic programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Nebraska Supreme Court appeared skeptical of possible invalidation of the 2024 medical cannabis petition campaign.

The Nebraska Supreme Court considered arguments in a multi-year fight over state bargaining rights and remote work requirements.

The seven justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled unanimously in all but one of 105 written opinions issued in the past year.

Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke reflects on his first year leading Nebraska's judicial branch.

The 43-day federal shutdown left uncertainty for some Nebraska SNAP recipients and could have spurred a special session in Nebraska.

Nebraska is hunting a way forward after getting "our butts kicked" by the announced closure of a Tyson plant, Gov. Jim Pillen says.

Former State Sen. Lynne Walz launched an exploratory committee to step toward a run for Nebraska governor in 2026.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Douglas County District Judge Derek R. Vaughn as the next associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Members of the Ukrainian community in Nebraska honored dozens of neighbors at an event spotlighting direct support since Russia invaded.