Century-old state laws require Lincoln and Omaha to hold off-cycle elections. An unlikely coalition wants to change that — reigniting a decades-old debate.

Lawmakers rejected a last-minute amendment Thursday to keep Lincoln city elections in off years, rather than allowing city officials to tie them to statewide elections.

Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Nebraska leaders reacted to the historic news.

Nebraska lawmakers are considering letting the city make a change. LB521 would allow Omaha to align its elections with statewide races.

After years in prison, a Nebraska man voted for the first time Tuesday, casting a ballot more than two decades after he lost his right to vote in 1995.

City Councilman Bennie Shobe will keep his seat, and Marilyn Johnson-Farr will win the District 7 seat on the Lincoln Public Schools board.

A Nebraska bill may let the Omaha and Lincoln city councils put their election dates on the ballot. Voters could choose to elect local officials at the same time as they pick a president.

Three Democratic incumbents on the officially nonpartisan Lincoln City Council kept their challengers at bay Tuesday.

GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts has won his election in Nebraska, projects the Associated Press, but the state has a second—and tighter U.S. Senate race—being decided as well. The AP hasn’t yet calle ...

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) has held his seat in Congress for four election cycles, but will the Nebraska Republican run again in 2026? For now, that is up in the air. “You know, I’ve been married ...

Lincoln and Omaha city officials would have the future option to move city elections and line them up with Nebraska statewide elections, under this year’s annual election cleanup