An uneasy compromise that became the Education Committee package bill died on the Nebraska legislative floor, in part because the quest to infuse more religion into public schools failed.

Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to restrict low-income recipients of public grocery aid from using SNAP ...

On Thursday, the General Affairs Committee spent more than an hour questioning Medical Cannabis Commission appointees, Lorelle Mueting and Dr. Monica Oldenburg.

If approved, the pair will join the three members of the state liquor commission to form the newly created Nebraska Medical Marijuana Commission. Digital Director Gina Dvorak contributed to this ...

On Thursday, the Legislature sent a letter to Gov. Jim Pillen saying his line-item vetoes in the budget bills were not ...

A committee advanced the governor’s two appointees to the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission. Just one secured majority ...

A bill to change the voter-approved minimum wage law gets a do-over. Lawmakers dug deep into the rule book and voted to give Legislative Bill 258 a second chance at final reading. Last week, it failed ...

The legislature unanimously voted to confirm Bryan Waugh as the 19th Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol Thursday morning.

A mix-up in the Nebraska governor’s office has likely cost Gov. Jim Pillen his veto power for the state’s biennium budget.

Gov. Jim Pillen announced late Wednesday that he intended to line-item veto $14.5 million in general fund appropriations from Nebraska’s legislatively approved budget for the next two ...

The Speaker of Legislature said Wednesday that he could not accept the vetoes Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen put forward for the state budget.

A "public safety" package clears another lawmaking hurdle, offering certain changes but retaining the lower minimum detention ...