Omaha mayor gives update on re-election campaign funding
Mayor Jean Stothert’s campaign gave an update this week on fundraising efforts for her 2025 re-election campaign.
Nebraska Republicans prepare to ask voters to overhaul winner-take-all system
Nebraska is one of two states that award electoral votes based on congressional districts rather than all going to the winner of the statewide election.
The GOP keeps failing to make Nebraska a winner-take-all state. Now it might ask voters to do it
Republicans in the GOP-dominated state of Nebraska face yet another likely defeat on a bill to reverse the state’s unusual ...
Startup aims to get more public opinion fast and easy to Nebraska lawmakers
A startup company with UNO ties offers pulse polls and other ways to connect with elected officials, candidates and community ...
2025 Omaha election guide: Mayoral, city council candidates
Omaha will be voting to determine mayoral and city council candidates in April's primary election. Voters will then be ...
Incumbent Jean Stothert starts year with big financial lead in Omaha mayor's race
Incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert started 2025 with a big campaign cash lead over challengers Mike McDonnell, John Ewing and ...
Nebraska’s Kleeb elected chair of state chairs for Democratic National Committee
Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, has been elected by her national Democratic Party cohorts as president of ...
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Council votes to put new quarter-cent sales tax question on Lincoln's primary ballot
The City Council unanimously approved resolutions allowing voters to decide in Lincoln's primary election this spring whether ...
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Lincoln Fair Housing coalition turns in nearly double the signatures needed for balltot initiative
The Lincoln Fair Housing Coalition turned in more than 15,300 signatures, well over the number needed to get the question of ...
Nebraska lawmakers hold public hearings on winner-take-all for Electoral College votes
“Winner-take-all tends to depress voter turnout. It does so by creating the perception among many people that voting doesn’t matter when the outcome is all but predetermined. This is especially true ...