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Nebraska news covers state government, elections, agriculture, business and civic affairs across the Cornhusker State. Reporting reaches Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue and Grand Island.


Economics

Live Poll

Should state governments prioritize reducing the size of government to address persistent budget shortfalls?

Economic Indicators

Nebraska Board Raises State Revenue Forecast

The economic advisory panel boosted the current fiscal year projection by $23 million to $6.805 billion.

Nebraska Board Raises State Revenue Forecast

Politics

Live Poll

Do you trust politicians' claims about election results to match the actual voter data?

Political Parties

Pillen Map Claims Nebraska Outlier in 2026 Race

Gov. Jim Pillen's map of Nebraska's 2026 midterm results drew a fact-check after it presented the state as a Republican outlier.

Pillen Map Claims Nebraska Outlier in 2026 Race

Health

Nutrition

Nebraska Lab Advances High Pressure Pet Food Safety

University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers are expanding high pressure processing work with private industry to make pet food safer.

Nebraska Lab Advances High Pressure Pet Food Safety

Sports

Basketball

Wayne State, Nebraska-Kearney Create Flat Water Trophy

The traveling trophy will go to the winner of each non-conference men's basketball meeting between the two schools.


Crime

Live Poll

Do you trust your local government to keep closed-session decisions and records appropriately open?

Criminal Justice

Nebraska Court Dismisses Knox County Board Appeal

The state Supreme Court let stand an order unsealing records from a courthouse security investigation that resulted in no charges.

Nebraska Court Dismisses Knox County Board Appeal

Coverage takes in the legislature—Nebraska's uniquely unicameral body—the governor's office, statewide elections and the agricultural and financial sectors most central to the state economy. Reporting runs through Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue and Grand Island and the farming communities across the plains. Corn, soybeans and cattle feed Nebraska's agricultural economy, and the commodity markets that price those goods are among the most closely watched indicators in state business reporting. The unicameral legislature's structure concentrates budget and policy decisions in ways that differ from other states, and that distinctiveness shapes how legislative debates unfold.


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