By Joan von Kampen | Editor-in-chief
Both Brent Comstock and Dr. Jeremy Hosein say they want to focus on affordability, lead the University of Nebraska into its next chapter, listen to campus voices and be more active in connecting with policymakers than previous regents. Each has faced criticism over their political party registration.
Brent Comstock and Dr. Jeremy Hosein, both of Lincoln, are vying for an open seat on the NU Board of Regents. (Photos by Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Zach Wendling
A founder of an advertising and marketing firm who also does political consulting and a neurosurgeon who is a former student regent are asking for voters’ trust for an open seat on the NU Board of Regents in Lancaster County this fall.
Brent Comstock and Dr. Jeremy Hosein, both of Lincoln, are seeking to succeed University of Nebraska Regent Tim Clare.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, front, is briefed on heavy rain and severe flooding in northern Lancaster County that occurred the night before on Oct. 1, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Office of Gov. Jim Pillen)
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
By Zach Wendling
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has requested a federal disaster declaration for severe flooding in eight counties in southeast Nebraska that occurred between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6.
Voters line up outside Shiloh Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, on Election Day, May 19, 2026. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
D.C. BUREAU
By Jonathan Shorman
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to every state ahead of Election Day, expanding a long-standing practice that’s spurred concern this year among Democrats and voting rights advocates because of President Donald Trump’s push to influence elections.
Vicki Wanamaker, left, and Cathy Mager, right, talked in Wanamaker's Springdale, Pennsylvania, home on Oct. 19, 2026, about their opposition to a proposed hyperscale data center roughly a quarter mile away. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
Both Democratic and Republican candidates during the heated midterm election cycle have had to navigate deep voter resentment of data centers that will power artificial intelligence.
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., left, and Democrat Chris Backemeyer will face off for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District in November 2026. (Candidate photos courtesy of respective campaigns | U.S. Capitol photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
ICYMI
By Juan Salinas II
As the political environment has worsened for Republicans, Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District is now viewed as more competitive than earlier in the cycle.
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood has won his past two U.S. House elections by 20 and 16 percentage points. But Cook Political Report and Inside Elections have recently shifted Flood’s race from safe — or solid — Republican to likely Republican.
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