Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures, which could keep them from becoming law. ...

Nebraska's high court rules that a measure to repeal a private school funding law should appear on the November ballot

Women lawmakers take the lead in shaping policy in Nebraska. Advocates hope other states follow.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — When Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called a recent special legislative session to address soaring property taxes, it was women who largely stepped up to both advance parts of his main bill and to block his unpopular plans to raise sales and excises taxes to pay for it. ...

Nebraska's Supreme Court to decide if those with felony convictions can vote in November

Nebraska's top election official has no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restores the voting rights of those who’ve been convicted of a felony, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. ACLU attorney Jane Seu...

Honoring Malcolm X: supporters see $20M as ‘down payment’ on struggle to celebrate Omaha native

Every morning Karen Gamble flips on the lights in the old worship hall and glances to her left at a black banner reading: “Who is the most famous person from Omaha, NE?” She turns to her right in this room of old photos and yellowing newspaper clippings and locks eyes with a...

Nebraska's special legislative session is high on conflict, low on progress to ease property taxes

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — In the more than three weeks since the Nebraska Legislature kicked off its special session aimed at cutting property taxes, lawmakers have seen long days and plenty of conflict but few results. The special session has featured several filibusters and days that...

Lawsuit targets Nebraska's defiance of law to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit challenging top election officials' defiance of state laws that restore the voting rights of those who've ever been convicted of a felony. The ACLU filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of three...

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. ...

Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under attorney general's opinion

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied the right to vote under an opinion from the state attorney general released Wednesday that says a law passed earlier this year restoring the voting rights of people convicted of felonies violates the Nebraska...

Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Public school advocates say they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist in a long-running fight with state lawmakers who have repeatedly opposed efforts to let...