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The Elko County School District The board will meet in special session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the central office at 850 Elm St. for "Discussion and the possible appointment of CJ Anderson as permanent superintendent of…

Jury selection is due to begin Wednesday in the trial of U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, accused of lying to federal authorities investigating an illegal donation by a foreign national to his campaign.U.S.…

ST. LOUIS — A new fund aimed at paying delinquent property taxes before families lose their homes to tax foreclosure will get a $500,000 infusion from the city.St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones announced the contribution…

Republican gubernatorial candidates Jim Pillen and Charles Herbster traded verbal jabs on Tuesday over their positions against teaching critical race theory.Herbster began with a press release suggesting that Pillen, a…

The senses. Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse have described Democratic efforts to change the filibuster rule in the Senate in an effort to get their voting rights bill passed as "institutional arson" and an attempt to "create a one-party system…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved federal disaster assistance for parts of Nebraska hit by an unprecedented storm in December.The declaration makes federal dollars available to certain entities, including state and eligible local…

Senator Deb Fischer on Wednesday objected to the Biden administration's decision to hold a closed rather than an open briefing with senators on Afghanistan and Ukraine.Fischer, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a…

Even though attempts to regulate agricultural pollution have failed, Wisconsin lawmakers have advanced rare bipartisan legislation aimed at improving water quality.The Legislative Budget Committee voted unanimously on…

The Lincoln Commission on Human Rights is at the center of a growing firestorm.The City Council last week passed a sweeping revision to Title 11 – the part of the city code dealing with equal opportunity – which includes…

TJ McDowell, deputy vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will become an adviser to Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird.…

Senator Steve Lathrop of Omaha, the Legislature's leading advocate for prison and criminal justice reform, has decided not to run again this year.As the deadline for incumbents nears Tuesday, Lathrop said Monday he would…

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Here is a brief breakdown of Nebraska's senators and representatives in Congress. …

The five Nebraska state senators who go mountaineering completed their descent from Mount Kilimanjaro on Thursday after successfully ascending the 19,341-foot peak in Tanzania.Among the upcoming stops on their African…

A legislative proposal to draw on half a cent of current sales tax revenue, along with state appropriations to help fund local schools, faced various opposition on Wednesday from agricultural organizations and the superintendent of public…

Nebraska could 'lose up to 90%' of the South Platte River's water before it flows into the state from Colorado if it doesn't act quickly to exercise its rights to secure its part of the water, said the Legislative…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has named Nebraska native John Berge as the new state executive director for the USDA Nebraska Farm Service Agency.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said state executive directors carry out the USDA's…