By Erin Bamer | Reporter
“Our circulators will be asking a very simple question to the taxpayers of Lincoln: Do you back the blue? Is public safety a principle you believe the City of Lincoln should prioritize?” - Retired Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent Tom Nesbitt, regarding a new petition drive he is sponsoring.
Joining Mayor Leiron Gaylor Baird (at podium) at a news conference announcing the Co-Responder Program were, from the left, Malone Center Executive Director John Goodwin, City Councilwoman Sändra Washington, CenterPointe Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Tami Lewis-Ahrendt, Lincoln Police Chief Michon Morrow and Lincoln Police Captain Ben Kopsa. (Courtesy of City of Lincoln)
PUBLIC SAFETY
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — Lincoln advocates will petition the Lincoln City Council, or voters in the council’s failure, to push back on Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and establish a minimum staffing level of sworn police officers in the capital city.
Registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks in Lincoln on June 11, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — Registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn submitted signatures Thursday to get his name on the general election ballot this fall against Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts.
Eric Underwood, former chair of the Nebraska Republican Party, center, leads a news conference with his new nonprofit Advocates For All Nebraskans to announce two ballot measures intended to lower property taxes and cap annual increases to property valuations. Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo by Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
ICYMI
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — Nebraskans will not vote this November on any parts of a multi-pronged petition drive seeking to address property taxes and change key parts of state elections.
Emergency crews work at the site of a US-Israeli strike on a residential building that also destroyed the adjacent Rafi-Nia Synagogue on April 7, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
D.C. BUREAU
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing ceremony in Europe as soon as this weekend.
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn., speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in defense of trans and diverse student rights on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Amelia Twyman/States Newsroom)
D.C. BUREAU
By Amelia Twyman
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House on Wednesday called for greater protections for transgender and diverse students, criticizing congressional Republican and Trump administration efforts to dissolve diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A closeup of a New World screwworm adult fly. (Photo by USDA)
ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
By Sam Gauntt
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday blamed the Biden administration’s “open-border policies” for the six confirmed cases of the New World screwworm that have reached the United States, repeating a theme among Republicans.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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Sen. Pete Ricketts answers questions on Iran, women’s sports | Juan Salinas II
COMMENTARY
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Year after ICE raid, Omaha advocates say community not safer | Cindy Gonzalez
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood is still doing town halls. Why? | By Juan Salinas II
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