Now that the calendar has turned over, 17-year-olds born before November 4 have the opportunity to register to vote now.
If every state adopted Nebraska’s unique system of awarding its Electoral College votes for president — which provides one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district and two per state to the overall winner — President-elect Donald Trump would have still won the White House.
Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The incoming Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraskans what that could mean.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Gov. Jim Pillen listed a series of goals and priorities for Nebraska during his State of the State address on Wednesday. The speech started with Pillen thanking Nebraskans for their support after he fell from his horse last month and suffered serious injuries. “Okay, no more horsing around,” Pillen said.
The filibuster’s power came into question once again on Thursday, as the rules committee convened to discuss a handful of changes to the 109th Legislature.
The first days of Nebraska's legislative session brought a proposal to move to winner-take-all, an attempt to fill an alleged tax credit gap and change Omaha's city elections.
With approval, the city can create a program that establishes a replacement sales tax. Funding can be used for development costs anywhere in Gretna’s Good Life District. It also gives the city broad control over how those funds are used locally inside the district.
Back in front of Nebraska lawmakers this year is a so-called “winner-take-all” measure aimed at changing the Huskers’ unconventional way of awarding Electoral College votes for president. The proposal by State Sen.
The Nebraska Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed a Columbus man's conviction for election falsification for voting in one county while living in another in the 2020 general election.
Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City introduced legislation Thursday that would terminate the state's electoral system that splits votes between the statewide vote and votes in the three Congressional Districts.
Nebraska is one of only two states that divides its electoral votes based on congressional districts during the presidential election.
State Sen. Brian Hardin of Gering has taken up former Bayard Sen. Steve Erdman’s campaign to replace Nebraska’s property, sales and income taxes with “consumption taxes.”