By Aaron Sanderford | Editor-in-chief
“[The] prime minister said … the same thing is happening at American universities that happened in Europe in 1935 … we have to stand up, so history is not repeated.” - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, speaking about his new antisemitism order.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks at his press conference at the Capitol in Lincoln on May 29, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
EDUCATION
By Juan Salinas II
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Friday that creates a framework for K-12 schools, colleges and universities to track and report antisemitic behavior to the Governor’s Office.
Students at a Native American boarding school in Genoa, Nebraska, work inside the school’s manual training building. (Courtesy of Genoa Historical Museum)
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
By Jessica Wade, Nebraska Public Media News
GENOA, Nebraska — No one can find the graves. For 50 years, Native American children from across the country were brought to the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, a federally run boarding school in rural Nebraska.
The Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit, is seen on May 11, 2026, in Omaha. (Dylan Widger/Getty Images)
ICYMI
By Erin Bamer
LINCOLN — The director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence filed a complaint this week against the University of Nebraska, alleging that leaders discriminated and retaliated against him.
The U.S. Postal Service on May 29, 2026 proposed a rule to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail. (Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
D.C. BUREAU
By Jonathan Shorman
The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots.
Liz Stein, a sexual abuse survivor advocate who has gone public about abuse by the late Jeffrey Epstein, spoke surrounded by U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats on Friday, May 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
PUBLIC SAFETY
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was on Capitol Hill Friday for a closed door interview with lawmakers about her role in the release of the federal investigation files of Jeffrey Epstein — the now deceased wealthy sex offender.
ICE agents link arms outside Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 28, 2026. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed migrant detention facility reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside. (Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Shalina Chatlani
In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held. An ongoing hunger and labor strike in New Jersey has sparked daily protests.
A state trooper and Capitol Security Director Terry Alario escort a woman who would only identify herself as Ms. Pat from the Louisiana House of Representatives after its members voted Thursday, May 28, 2026, to approve a congressional map that removes one of the state’s majority-Black seats in the U.S. House. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)
ELECTION 2026
By Piper Hutchinson
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved a congressional redistricting bill Thursday that increases Republican representation in Congress ahead of this year’s midterm election.
President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Jonathan Shorman
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president’s political allies. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia issued the order.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Complaints sent on Dem, Marijuana Senate candidates | By Juan Salinas II
Dems ask DOJ to investigate Harding’s late disclosures | By Juan Salinas II
Feds pause Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger | By Aaron Sanderford
COMMENTARY
OPINION: New Nebraska law correctly keeps books | By George Ayoub
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Fischer seeks more fiber in Nebraska’s broadband diet | By Erin Bamer
Nebraska suing to stop marijuana reclassification | By Aaron Sanderford
Omaha stockyards tower turns 100 | By Cindy Gonzalez
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