2026 Governor's Race: August 3 Signature Deadline Looms
Lindstrom launches petition drive to qualify nonpartisan bid for Nebraska governor • Nebraska Examiner
Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha is officially jumping into the 2026 race for Nebraska governor as a nonpartisan candidate.
Zach Wendling
Walz talks priorities, pivot from Nebraska primary election to Nov. 3 faceoff • Nebraska Examiner
As former Democratic state Sen. Lynne Walz looks to try to unseat a sitting Republican governor, she says she feels “really encouraged.”
Zach Wendling
Brett Lindstrom and a Review of Nebraska Independent Gubernatorial Bids - Smart Politics
Three independents have won double-digit support in elections for Nebraska governor since statehood.
Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Senate Race: Fundraising & Ballot Drama Recap
Election 2026: Nebraska Senate race tangled in ballot drama
With less than 100 days of campaigning left for Nebraska’s junior senator seat, Dan Osborn kicked off a tour of all 93 counties in Nebraska on Thursday with an event at the Astro Theater.
Gina Dvorak and Jake Lawson and Ron Johnson
Nebraska nonpartisan US Senate candidate Dan Osborn qualifies for November ballot • Nebraska Examiner
Independent candidate Dan Osborn will be on the November ballot in a heated race for U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican Pete Ricketts.
Juan Salinas II
What is the appeal of Dan Osborn to his supporters in Nebraska’s US Senate race? • Nebraska Examiner
Some of the people who crowded into the Astro Theater on Thursday to hear registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn kick off his statewide tour said that while they may not agree with everything the former union leader says, they plan to support him in November because they like his “independence.”
Juan Salinas II
Ricketts apologizes after trying to use Capitol Police to block questions
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) on Friday issued an apology for trying to utilize Capitol Police to shield him from a reporter’s questions on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) health a day earlier. Ricketts,…
Mira Bhakta
Democrats’ path to win the Senate runs through the Midwest
Budget Season
Omaha boosts parks, police, fire budgets as higher valuations hold tax rate flat
The proposed city budget, which represents Ewing’s first fully solo effort, would keep the property tax levy flat and capture expected increases in property valuations and sales tax revenues.
Julie Anderson World-Herald Staff Writer
Crete lowered its property tax levy to help struggling residents. Then state aid disappeared. - Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska communities are having to cut positions, services and purchases to make up for the loss of aid — and more cuts could be on the horizon.
Emily Wolf
