John Grinvalds

Nebraska’s top law enforcement officer urged lawmakers to not pass any medical marijuana regulations this legislative session, saying pending litigation could render it moot. But that didn’t stop lawmakers from considering bills that would set the framework for implementing medical marijuana across the state at a General Affairs Committee hearing on Monday.

Facing a turbulent time in the world of higher education, University of Nebraska leaders are looking to lawmakers for steadiness, asking for an increase of investment as the state prepares for fiscal downturn.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is making the rounds as part of a tour to push back against the Trump Administration.

Donald Trump’s efforts to bar federal funds from flowing to programs dealing with diversity, equity and inclusion put the UNL Project RAÍCES Scholars Program on the chopping block. The $5.25 million grant, three fourths of which came from federal coffers, underwrote a sprawling program that assisted students from their high school years through when they would take leadership roles in the classroom.

State senators are working to close a projected budget deficit nearing half a billion dollars. Getting there could put a lot of Nebraska programs and services in a pinch.

Funding for more than 200 public school districts in the state is on the mind of many lawmakers this legislative session.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January paused refugee resettlement. It’s a move that some leaders in Lincoln are scrambling to work through as it’s effects slowly take shape in the coming weeks and months.

It continues to be biggest issue for the Nebraska Legislature this year: closing $432 million budget shortfall for the next two years. Doing that could be hard on some state organizations.

Nebraska’s way of keeping time may be up for debate on the legislative floor this year.

The Legislature held a hearing on LB3, the proposed bill to turn Nebraska into a “winner-take-all” state, on Thursday afternoon.