Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers pledged Tuesday that his office’s ongoing civil and criminal investigations into two medical cannabis measures won’t impact whether he certifies the election results.
The victory of the four-term Republican, who has resisted his party’s veer to the right, dashed Democratic hopes of flipping a critical district.
Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, nearly three days after the polls closed.
Democrat Ashlei Spivey had already started new lawmaker orientation Monday by the time the last votes were counted and her victory in northeast Omaha's District 13 legislative race became clear.
Republican Don Bacon wins reelection to U.S. House in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.
Hundreds of Nebraskans didn't have their votes counted this year because of the state's new voter identification law but the vast majority complied with the new requirements.
Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project voters in Nebraska will not pass a measure that would have enshrined stronger abortion protections in the state constitution.
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn lost to Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) 53% to 46%, much closer than the margin between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Kearney, Missouri, community is reeling from the aftermath of a police chase and deadly crash on Interstate 29. A wrong-way driver fleeing police killed Kole Cunningham and Lucy Yeates and injured Aubrey Yeates early Sunday morning as they were on their way to a Billie Eilish concert in Omaha.
Dan Osborn, a former Kellogg Co. mechanic who led a strike against the cereal manufacturer in Omaha in 2021, said his new political action committee will focus on elevating candidates
The ballot sponsors behind Nebraska’s successful medical cannabis measures on Election Day have made a final plea to a district judge to uphold the petition efforts and election results. Attorneys for the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign,