Andrew Wegley

A Nebraska inmate who had been denied a heart ultrasound recommended last year later died of a heart attack, medical records provided to a grand jury show.

A Lancaster County commissioner addressed his colleagues as a member of the public Tuesday to read a resolution condemning political violence that the board declined to take up.

Charlie Kirk, a conservative influencer who was instrumental in the push to replace Nebraska's electoral system in 2024, was shot in the neck on Wednesday in Utah.

A group of Lincoln landlords filed a lawsuit last week seeking to strike down a new ordinance that bans housing discrimination based on a renter's source of income.

Gov. Jim Pillen proactively volunteered to turn a Nebraska prison into an ICE detention center last month, state officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing Thursday.

Nebraska's congressional delegation defended President Donald Trump's agenda at an annual event Tuesday, where Sen. Pete Ricketts called the president's policy bill "absolutely fantastic for families."

Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn paid his wife nearly $19,000 to work for his campaign from mid-April through the end of June, according to campaign finance records.

The cuts the GOP is working to enact would also place strain on more than 20 maternal care wards and inpatient mental health care providers in the panhandle, advocates warned.

A Lancaster County judge this month dismissed the defamation lawsuit former KLIN host Jack Riggins filed against Dan Parsons last year after the two men settled out of court.

Nebraska set to get new traffic laws — and higher penalties for breaking them

Dan Osborn, the former upstart U.S. Senate candidate who ran a closer-than-expected race against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer last year, may once again ask Nebraskans to send him to Washington.

On Tuesday night in Columbus, Congressman Mike Flood defended President Donald Trump and the Elon Musk-led effort to slash federal spending in the face of intense backlash.

Retail and grocery groups implored a committee of Nebraska lawmakers to back a proposal Monday that would undercut a law that voters approved raising the state's minimum wage to $15.

Retail and grocery groups implored a committee of Nebraska lawmakers to back a proposal Monday that would undercut a law that voters approved raising the state's minimum wage to $15.

"This is a year's worth of planning," Lincoln Sen. George Dungan said, the bowl of heart candies in his hands.

After lawmakers eased into public hearings this week, the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will take on its first hot-button issue of the 2025 legislative session.

Months after Nebraska voters repealed a law that directed state funds to private school scholarships, a lawmaker revived a similar concept Tuesday.

After lawmakers eased into public hearings this week, the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will take on its first hot-button issue of the 2025 legislative session.

The tentative agreement includes salary increases over two years between 6.5% to 19% based on an employee's job classification and satisfactory annual performance evaluations.

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.