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Nebraska’s 49 lawmakers will gather for the beginning of the 2025 Legislative Session, and they have a lot of work to do.

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes plunges southward into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Studies show that a fast-warming Arctic is partly to blame ...

Jewel Rodgers, daughter of Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, has been selected as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history. The ...

State Sens. Mike Jacobson, Brian Hardin and Teresa Ibach will seek Unicameral committee offices Wednesday, while newly ...

State Sens. Mike Jacobson, Brian Hardin and Teresa Ibach will seek Unicameral committee offices Wednesday, while newly ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken beside mayors and members of Congress. But Jewel ...

When the gavel drops at 10 a.m. Wednesday, here's what the Journal Star will be watching for to get a glimpse at how the ...

Jimmy Carter spoke to the Nebraska Legislature in February 1975. “He was very intrigued and interested and always wanted to ...

On Dec. 22, Pillen was in a horse riding accident. He spent several days in the hospital. With five days until the next legislative session, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is ready to get back to work.

When state senators gather in Lincoln for the start of the 109th Nebraska Legislature, nearly two-thirds of those lawmakers ...