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The Nebraska Cornhusker wrestling team has experienced recent success never seen before in Lincoln. Sophomore Antrell Taylor and Senior Ridge Lovett won individual NCAA championships. A Husker wrestler had not won a title since 2011, when Jordan Burroughs earned his second NCAA gold.

Efforts to keep junk foods from being paid for by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are increasing at the federal and state level. Lawmakers proposing such bills say they want to encourage healthy habits, but some food advocates say the restrictions would have harmful effects.

A proposal to switch Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system for Electoral College voting fell short Tuesday in the Legislature.

April 1975, as the Vietnam War was ending, President Ford authorized Operation Babylift where thousands of Vietnamese children were flown out of the country to be adopted in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Florida. At refueling stops at Hickam Air Force Base near Honolulu Nebraska native Gwen Phalen helped care for infants. She recorded a letter April 8, 1975 to her grandmother in Orleans, Nebraska recounting the experience.

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to enact a minimum of 10 percent tariffs on all foreign goods. Many countries, including China, India and Japan, will face tariffs more than double that. John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, says the move will make it harder to find new markets for the state’s agricultural goods while hurting existing export markets.

Humanities Nebraska received news late Wednesday night that a little over 40% of their budget is being cut. This cut comes from a total termination of the money coming from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Nebraska Department of Education is losing about $9 million left over from federal COVID-19 relief funds, Commissioner Brian Maher told the State Board of Education at its meeting Friday.

The Nebraska Legislature will vote Tuesday on switching to a winner-take-all Electoral College system; sponsor says he doesn't have the votes.

Lincoln voters will decide Tuesday whether to continue a quarter-cent sales tax to pay for street projects. The tax was originally approved in 2019 by a vote of 50.7% to 49.4% and is scheduled to end on September 30.

Hospitals’ access to a federal drug discount program will be strengthened under a bill passed in the Nebraska Legislature Thursday. The 340B program requires drug companies to provide discounts to certain hospitals in exchange for their participation in Medicare and Medicaid. In recent years, some drug companies have placed data reporting requirements on hospitals and restricted which pharmacies they can use to distribute the discounted drugs. A bill from Sen. Brian Hardin prohibits these restrictions.

The future of brand inspections and funding for the University of Nebraska were among subjects considered by the Nebraska Legislature Wednesday.

A Nebraska official says Colorado landowners seem uninterested in negotiations over land for the proposed Perkins County Canal.

It’s been more than five years since the World Health Organization identified the virus known as COVID-19 as a pandemic. But there are still many unknowns about Post-COVID, or Long COVID. Here's how the longer-lasting illness looks in the state.

The Nebraska Legislature voted first round approval Tuesday to a measure allowing a lower minimum wage for young workers.

The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may be eating into the agency’s effectiveness.

Nebraska lawmakers gave first-round approval Monday to a ban on making or selling lab-grown meat in the state.

A continuing resolution Congress passed to keep the government from shutting down also dried up funding for several water projects in Nebraska. That includes more than $8 million for a pipeline connecting the Santee Sioux Reservation in northeast Nebraska with clean drinking water – something the tribe hasn’t had in nearly 6 years. Tribal vice chairman Kameron Runnels says the setback is frustrating, but he has faith that the project will eventually be funded.

An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding.

On Tuesday, voters in Omaha will be deciding which mayoral and city council candidates will advance to the May 13 general election.

The Nebraska Legislature advanced a proposal to exclude certain workers from paid sick leave approved by voters last November.