By Erin Bamer | Reporter
Officials with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for U.S. House Democrats, announced Wednesday that Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District would be part of their program for districts they view as competitive.
Chris Backemeyer at a Nebraska Democratic Party fundraiser at the Omaha Hilton on Nov. 8, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — National Democrats are putting Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District in their “districts in play,” a program for districts seen as competitive in the eyes of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this cycle.
A Nebraska State Fair banner at the State Fair on Aug 29, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Fair is hosting a debate between registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn and incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts next month.
Signs in the bowels of the Nebraska State Capitol advocate for legalization of marijuana. Aug. 2, 2024. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — Legal Marijuana NOW Party’s U.S. Senate nominee Mike Marvin will stay on the ballot after all.
Marvin, one of the candidates accused of being a “plant” for nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn, didn’t submit the paperwork to drop out of the Senate race, the Secretary of State’s office confirmed Tuesday. The deadline for a candidate to drop out was Monday.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, center, tours Howard County on May 18, 2026, one day after tornadoes tore through the community the night before. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Gov. Jim Pillen)
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — President Donald Trump this week approved a federal disaster declaration for eight Nebraska counties in the wake of severe storms that primarily hit central and southeastern Nebraska in mid-May.
Oaklea Simpson Security, a Maryland company, is suing several former employees of its Iowa office in Mills County, alleging a “brazen and coordinated scheme” to take over highly classified work for the federal government by poaching employees and stealing trade secrets. (Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Clark Kauffman
A group of western Iowa businessmen are being sued over an alleged “brazen and coordinated scheme” to take over highly classified work for the federal government by poaching employees and stealing trade secrets from their employer.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, whose nomination advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, told faith leaders in a call on July 30 that he would take action to restrict mail-order access to abortion medication. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
ABORTION POLICY
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is one step closer to confirmation after the Republican Judiciary Committee voted to advance his appointment on a party-line vote on Tuesday, and based on promises he made to faith leaders around the country last week, that means national anti-abortion actions may be one step closer as well.
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