Nebraska state lawmakers will consider advancing a proposal to change how the state awards its Electoral College votes in presidential races to the floor of the Legislature on Monday morning.

Nebraska lawmakers received some bad news first thing Thursday morning on the floor of the legislature: The big hole in the budget shortfall has gotten bigger. The feds shared the news with Nebraska lawmakers in January,

Compensation for Nebraska’s 49 state senators could be removed from the state constitution, possibly making it easier to change the annual $12,000 salary.

LB 157 was passed in 2008, allowing parents to surrender a newborn they feel they couldn’t care for with the goal to reduce the number of infants abandoned in unsafe situations. The law had broad limitations and allowed parents to surrender children up to the age of 18.

On Wednesday morning, the Nebraska Legislature advanced LB168 which was introduced by state senator Brian Hardin in January.In a press release, the Nebraska Hos

The federal government again plans to decrease the percentage of state Medicaid costs it will cover, widening Nebraska's budget gap.

A proposed Nebraska law that would place guardrails on school superintendent salaries stalled Thursday on the floor of the Legislature after support for the measure eroded. Lawmakers blamed lobbyists.

The Nebraska Legislature's appropriations committee heard from some people Monday looking to build a museum honoring Chief Standing Bear.

"I don't know of any vape shop that could withstand that kind of tax," said Dave Jameson, owner of TNT Vapors in Lincoln.

Nebraska entrepreneurs, interns and affordable housing advocates were among those who converged at the Capitol Wednesday to oppose several of Gov. Jim Pillen’s recommended budget cuts.

Nebraska state lawmakers will consider advancing a proposal to change how the state awards its Electoral College votes in presidential races to the floor of the Legislature on Monday morning.