By Erin Bamer | Reporter
“I think it is important as we continue to work hard to rebuild that American Dream to take stock of where we were just two years ago … Joe Biden and Kamala Harris spent four years making life harder for people in Nebraska who actually make this country work.” - Vice President JD Vance, at a North Platte campaign event for Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen.
Vice President JD vance walking to podium to speak in North Platte on Oct. 22, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Juan Salinas II
NORTH PLATTE — JD Vance became the first vice president to visit North Platte on Thursday, campaigning for Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen as they face challenging reelection bids.
The 2026 candidates for Legislative District 18, from left: Jess Goldoni of Omaha and Taylor Royal of Bennington. State Sen. Christy Armendariz of Omaha declined to seek reelection. (Photos courtesy of the candidates/campaigns | Nebraska Capitol photo by Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
ELECTION 2026
By Cindy Gonzalez
BENNINGTON — It was the crack of dawn when legislative candidate Jess Goldoni opened a listening session at a local cafe, fielding concerns ranging from data centers to technology overreach and tax-burdened startups.
The logo for the Office of the Nebraska Attorney General. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Zach Wendling
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday said Lincoln must pay the Attorney General’s Office $9,150 in costs after a court fight about three petitioned charter amendments.
Rendering of future Levi Carter Park Activity and Sports Complex at Levi Carter Park on the north shore of Carter Lake. That’s in northeast Omaha near Eppley Airfield. The project is among recipients of a North and South Omaha Recovery Grant ($10 million). The grant program was the topic of a legislative special committee hearing Wednesday in Lincoln. Schemmer Architecture is the design team and Hausmann Construction is general contractor of this project site. (Courtesy of City of Omaha)
ICYMI
By Cindy Gonzalez
LINCOLN — Amid concerns raised by a Nebraska legislative committee, the state’s director for economic development Wednesday defended her team’s handling of a roughly $235 million grant program aimed at lifting North and South Omaha.
Voters line up outside Shiloh Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, on primary Election Day, May 19, 2026. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
D.C. BUREAU
By Jonathan Shorman
A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting election-related field operations that could sweep up U.S. citizens in nine states.
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