Whether a proposed giant lake between Omaha and Lincoln is dead in the water isn't entirely clear, but no state money would be left for further studies of such a

Two months into a program-altering 180 days, projecting Nebraska football's 105-man roster remains a bear of a task, writes Sam McKewon.

Lincoln Police are investigating a stabbing that left a teenager with critical injuries. Officers say they responded to reports of a stabbing near 17th and Knox streets. There they found a 14-year-old with stab wounds.

The Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department reported the avian influenza has been found in a wastewater sample. The sample was taken from the Northeast Water Resource Recovery Facility. WasteWaterSCAN has been testing samples nationwide since May 2024, including from two sites in Lincoln.

The state's overall average temperature for the year of 52.7 degrees ranked as the second-hottest ever recorded, trailing only 54 degrees in 2012.

In 2024, the total revenue for the state’s four casinos jumped to $145.7 million with WarHorse Lincoln leading the pack.

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken beside mayors and members of Congress. But Jewel Rodgers of Omaha stepped on to a larger stage Monday,

Nebraska state senators filed dozens more bills on Thursday, their seventh day in session. Lawmakers filed 73 pieces of legislation Thursday, including one amendment proposal. Here’s a quick look at which senators have submitted bills on Day 7: Below is a look at a few bills that caught our attention on Thursday: State Sen.

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’s K-12 schools would be required to teach students from elementary to high schools about human development under a new bill proposed Tuesday in the Legislature. Legislative Bill

Lawmakers will seek to define “male” and “female” in state law, broadening a past effort focused on K-12 school bathrooms and sports teams.

The fate of some conservative priorities, such as changing how Nebraska allocates its votes for president or adding a “women’s bill of rights” to state law, could depend on whether Republicans succeed this week in making Democrats a minority on every legislative committee but one.