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The Nebraska Legislature advanced bills Wednesday dealing with childcare subsidies and protections for rural hospitals and pharmacies.

Housing aid for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking advances; Lincoln East Beltway funding discussed.

Eighteen-year-old Joe Burgess ran for a seat on his county board and won. Burgess represents 3,000 people in District 5 of York County from his dorm room at UNL.

The Nebraska Legislature Monday advanced a proposal requiring schools to adopt policies restricting cell phone use, and a public hearing was held on requiring employers to use the federal E-verify data base to check potential employees' immigration status.

Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to trim the federal workforce. Former and current employees at one of those labs say the job cuts will impact agricultural research and support for farmers.

Senators considered California-style property tax limits Friday, and received a projection of increased state revenues.

Two recently opened music venues are hoping to change the narrative that Omaha is flyover country for traveling bands. The Astro in La Vista, and the Steelhouse Omaha were created to help fill a void that Omaha had when it came to upper-midsized venues.

Members of the Nebraska Legislature considered proposals Thursday dealing with school superintendents' pay, and their own term limits.

Friends and family gathered inside Ralston Arena to remember the life of fallen State Trooper Kyle McAcy on Thursday. McAcy died while on duty last Monday, Feb. 17. He was struck by a snowplow while helping people involved in a traffic crash on Interstate-80.

Federal efforts to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion, or D-E-I has affected the way schools teach Black History Month. It’s putting additional pressure on educators, who are finding themselves in the middle of the conversation.

The Legislature's Revenue Committee held a public hearing on a proposal to continue an income tax credit for property taxes by one year.

Nebraska lawmakers debated Wednesday over what the attorney general's role should be in writing rules to implement proposed restrictions on tech companies marketing to youth.

A 6000-acre fire in central Nebraska is sparking emergency responses from across the state. Beatrice Rural Fire Department sent two volunteers to grapple with the Lilian and East Table Road Fires northwest of Broken Bow.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly voted to approve a Republican-led budget resolution with a goal of large federal spending cuts. One Nebraska representative was on the fence, but ultimately voted along party lines.

All Nebraska public and private school students could have free lunches under a proposal heard Tuesday evening at the state capitol. Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh’s Hunger-Free Schools Act would require schools to offer free lunches to students regardless of their federal free or reduced lunch eligibility. The state would reimburse schools to offset the cost of the new requirement.

University of Nebraska officials told the Legislature's Appropriations Committee that proposed budget cuts would hurt their efforts.

University of Nebraska Board of Regents policies outlining diversity initiatives in hiring, admissions and scholarships are on the chopping block. This comes after the U.S. Department of Education required schools to stop diversity policies or risk losing federal funding.

Senators in the Nebraska Legislature debated schools' handling of student data, and heard proposals to increase senators' pay.

Nebraska lawmakers heard a proposal Monday to require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools. Sen. Dave Murman’s bill would apply to both public and private schools and mandate the commandments be posted in every elementary school classroom and middle and high school buildings. He said the requirement would educate students on the nation’s foundational values.

UNL researchers surveyed local journalists across the state to see how much local news is being produced statewide.