By Aaron Sanderford | Editor-in-chief
The future of Nebraska elections could be in the balance in November’s election, with a stark contrast between Republican Scott Petersen and Democrat Sarah Slattery. But first, a look back at how the incumbent lost the GOP primary election.
A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on May 28, 2026, declined to block, for now, an executive order by President Donald Trump on mail-in voting. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — A new era is coming to Nebraska elections, as voters rejected the state’s top election official and set the table for new leadership, regardless of which candidate wins in November.
President Donald Trump speaks from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund appeared to be on shaky ground Monday as he continued to face opposition from his own party. Several outlets reported the president planned to drop the fund.
Nebraska U.S. Rep Mike Flood, R-Neb., during his town hall in Lincoln on Aug. 4, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ICYMI
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — Like his other town halls in recent years, U.S. Rep. Mike Flood dealt with boos and jeers during his roughly hourlong gathering last week in his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska.
Donald Warne, physician, co-director for the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins, and member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks at the National Indian Health Board conference in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Donald Warne)
EDUCATION
By Makenzie Huber
As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first of its kind in the nation.
Mason City residents march to celebrate the opening of a new residential care facility in Mason City for people with severe mental illnesses, Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 24, 2025. (43 North Iowa)
HEALTH
By Kadin Luhmann
One of the most prominent issues in Iowa mental health care is the lack of available psychiatrists and behavioral health providers, especially in rural communities. Iowa on average has 25 available psychiatrists per 100,000 residents
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn speaks at his annual fish fry, with guest speakers Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, of California on May 29, 2026. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
ELECTION 2026
By Skylar Laird
COLUMBIA, S.C. — After record early voter numbers helped defeat a GOP redistricting proposal, South Carolina should at least remain the first state in the South to decide Democrats’ presidential nominee, the state’s leading Democrat said.
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on July 14, 2025. (Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)
D.C. BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Transgender military members won a temporary victory against the Trump administration in federal appeals court Monday when two judges ruled a policy banning them from service violated their constitutional right to equal protection.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Pillen order requires tracking antisemitic behavior | By Juan Salinas II
Pancreatic cancer director sues NU, UNMC | By Erin Bamer
Feds pause Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger | By Aaron Sanderford
COMMENTARY
OPINION: Good on those calling bad ideas bad | By George Ayoub
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Complaints sent on Dem, Marijuana Senate candidates | By Juan Salinas II
Dems ask DOJ to investigate Harding’s late disclosures | By Juan Salinas II
Fischer seeks more fiber in Nebraska’s broadband diet | By Erin Bamer
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