By Erin Bamer | Reporter
Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom, who was pursuing a nonpartisan bid for Nebraska governor, failed to obtain enough validated signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Several of his petitions were flagged for fraud, as some were circulated by three out of the five out-of-state individuals arrested in early August in a Lincoln petition effort.
Former State Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha, who has entered the race to be the GOP candidate for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska News Service)
ELECTION 2026
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha will not appear on the ballot for Nebraska governor this November after a “significant” number of petition signatures were flagged for fraud.
The backroom of the Lancaster County Election Commission on April 24, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — The vast majority of the 2,407 petition signatures rejected for former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom’s nonpartisan bid for Nebraska governor came in Lancaster County, where just 24.6% of signatures were valid.
State Sen. Dan McKeon of Amherst addresses his decision to resign from Nebraska Legislature hours before doing so. Jan. 13, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Erin Bamer
LINCOLN — Former state Sen. Dan McKeon’s criminal case in Lancaster County Court was dismissed after he successfully completed a court diversion program, according to court documents.
The Nebraska State Capitol. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Erin Bamer
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s tax receipts for July fell less than 1% below economic forecasts, according to the state Department of Revenue, as data shows a steadily lessening impact of higher-than-expected tax refunds.
Lincoln Police Department cars. (Nebraska Public Media file photo)
PUBLIC SAFETY
By Macy Byars, Nebraska Public Media News
LINCOLN — Advocates for All Nebraskans – the group behind a citizen petition to mandate employment of at least 450 police officers in Lincoln – paused its campaign Thursday afternoon amid the “toxic political environment currently consuming Lincoln.”
Demolition work continued where the East Wing once stood at the White House on Dec. 8, 2025. President Donald Trump ordered the 123-year-old East Wing and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden leveled to make way for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to intervene in a lower court decision that halts his $400 million White House ballroom construction unless he receives authorization from Congress.
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