In August 2025, a rumor circulated that the state of Nebraska was on the verge of bankruptcy — $500 million short of its budget because of the economic damage tariffs and labor ...

State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, center, talks with State Sens. Paul Strommen of Sidney and Kathleen Kauth of Omaha on May 28, 2025. Raybould sponsored a measure to slow down voter-approved ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Department of Labor announced on Friday that the state’s preliminary unemployment rate for March 2025 is 2.9%. The counts of employed and unemployed in the labor ...

As of December 2024, the average weekly wage was $1,228, or about $63,000 per year. Of Nebraska's 93 counties, Dakota County ...

As Nebraska's unemployment rate hovers around 2%, Gov. Jim Pillen announced Monday that he will chair a working group dedicated to examining "workforce issues" in the state. “In Nebraska, we are ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced Wednesday that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for April is 3%, seasonally adjusted. The rate is up 0.1 percentage ...

On Friday morning, a lawmaker and several educators, organizers, and business leaders lobbied for a return of the program in ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We recently witnessed a federal raid on a group of hotels in the Metro that revealed suspected labor trafficking and other possible crimes. The University of Nebraska’s ...

Nebraska must balance its budget every year, as required by the state constitution. In other words, it cannot have a debt, which means it cannot go bankrupt. However, Nebraska farmers have experienced ...