By Erin Bamer | Reporter
A conservative group looking to restructure Lincoln elections this November will restart signature gathering after the Lancaster County Election Commission rejected more than 65% of the signatures collected across its three petitions.
A box filled with test ballots about to be sealed up at the Lancaster County Election Commission office on April 24. 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — The Lancaster County Election Commission rejected more than 65% of the signatures on three petitions from a conservative group seeking to reshape Lincoln elections this November.
Painting a mural at Omaha’s Pine Elementary School that is the product of an international student art exchange between youth in Omaha and in Carlentini, Sicily – one of Omaha’s official sister cities. In forefront, Ngocanh Ly, first grade teacher at Pine Elementary, student Jonathan Lopez, Lita De La Guardia, director of the art project. School principal Adriana Vargas is in the background (Photo by Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
EDUCATION
By Cindy Gonzalez
OMAHA — Jonathan Lopez stepped back to soak in the entirety of the binational, multifaceted mural he and other young students helped to paint across a gym wall at Pine Elementary in Omaha’s Little Italy neighborhood.
Nebraska state Sens. Dunixi Guereca, speaking, and Margo Juarez, both of whom represent South Omaha neighborhoods, were featured guests at a Habitat for Humanity of Omaha gathering Tuesday evening intended to hear what is on the minds of South Omaha residents. (Photo by Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Cindy Gonzalez
OMAHA — A South Omaha-focused forum hosted by a nonprofit housing agency drew about 80 people and provoked concerns ranging from a need for more “blue-collar” jobs, affordable houses versus apartments and local voices on public boards and in policy-making offices.
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Senate to agree with the House and pass a measure called the “Sunshine Protection Act” that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. (Photo by Getty Images)
D.C. BUREAU
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is urging Republican senators to “release their holds” and pass a measure making daylight saving time permanent nationwide.
Pfc. Jorden Edlin, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Kaliyah Johnson, right, with the Mississippi National Guard assigned to Joint Task Force-District of Columbia in support of the DC Safe and Beautiful mission, patrol at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 2026. (Photo by Photo by Sgt. Alex Lopez/Joint Task Force DC)
D.C. BUREAU
By Sam Gauntt
WASHINGTON — The deployment of National Guard troops hailing from all across the country to Washington, D.C. is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion in additional funds through 2029.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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COMMENTARY
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Former NDP employee sues party, alleging sexual harassment | Juan Salinas II
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