Politics

A record number of Nebraska voters requested an early ballot this year.

The last batch of early ballots in Hall County will be mailed Monday in preparation of the election.

Nebraska is forging ahead with plans to hold the nation’s first in-person election in more than a month, despite health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and allegations that political motivations are fueling opposition to an all-mail approach.

The Hall County Election Commissioner would like to make it known that election ballots do not require extra postage. One current-rate postage stamp will return the ballots in the mail.

Meet the seven Democrats, two Republicans and one Libertarian on the May 12 primary ballot for United States Senate.

Thursday afternoon, Governor Pete Ricketts provided an update on steps taken by the State of Nebraska to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Commissioner for Labor John Albin joined Ricketts to provide an update on the Nebraska Primary Election scheduled for May 12 and the record number of unemployment claims filed this week.

The Lancaster County Democratic Party is hosting a U.S. Senate Democratic candidate forum March 5 from 6-8 pm at the Center For People in Need.

Nebraska has set its May presidential primary ballots to include eight Democratic candidates, two Republicans and six Libertarians, Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced Tuesday.

Mayor Dwight Livingston says the City of North Platte is extending the application deadline for its city administrator position to March 2nd. The original deadline was January 15th.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and members of the congressional delegation responded Tuesday night to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

Those who wish to get an early jump on the 2020 primary will soon be able to request an early ballot by mail.

A Nebraska Senator says people have a right to be concerned and demand answers about the drones flying above western Nebraska and the plains of Colorado. The FAA tells her they have no answers right now about why they are flying in the region.

Secretary of State Robert B. Evnen announced that the 2020 election calendar has been published on the Secretary of State website.

The House impeachment inquiry is zeroing in on two White House lawyers privy to a discussion about moving a memo recounting President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine into a highly restricted computer system normally reserved for documents about covert action.

Democrats pushed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber's first formal vote in a fight that could stretch into the 2020 election year.

An appeals court has stopped the House of Representatives from getting grand jury secrets for the impeachment probe, at least for now.

An Army officer at the National Security Council who twice raised concerns over the Trump administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, testified behind closed doors against White House orders Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry.

The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is reportedly planning to step down from his position by year’s end.

Trump's latest U.N. trip comes after nearly three years of an "America First" foreign policy that has unsettled allies and shredded multinational pacts.

President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said.

Democratic presidential candidates made a colorful and often loud pitch to Iowa Democrats at the Steak Fry fundraiser in Des Moines on Saturday as a new poll showed Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden in a close race in the state.

The Pentagon says the U.S. will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beef up security.

President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Senator Ben Sasse in a tweet Tuesday.

Climate change moved squarely to the center of the Democratic presidential race Wednesday in a marathon series of televised town halls that gave candidates a chance to carve out some distance from one another on an issue of heightened importance to their party's liberal base.

Broken Bow's Mayor is publicly defending his administration this week. Jonathon Berghorst officially filed his "defense statement" after a recall petition was filed in August. John Walters filed the petition, saying Berghorst abused the power of office and created a hostile work environment.

Democrats' plans for virtual presidential caucuses in Iowa and Nevada are effectively dead as the national party chairman said Friday the results would be vulnerable to hacking and abuse.

A recall petition drive is targeting the mayor of Geneva in southeast Nebraska.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who made fighting climate change the central theme of his presidential campaign, announced Wednesday night that he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

A former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is looking to return to his old seat.