The Urban Affairs Committee held the hearing on LR 148, an interim study looking into potential building code issues with the ...

“There is no agreement yet” between ICE and the Department of Corrections, Sen. Wendy DeBoer of Bennington said. “That is the ...

An Omaha lawmaker's unannounced visit to the McCook-based state prison that's converting to an ICE detention center sparks ...

Thirteen Nebraska state lawmakers visited Washington, D.C. But they didn’t get an Indiana-like pitch about redistricting a ...

The chair of the Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee said Thursday it is “premature” to hold a legislative hearing into Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to convert a state prison into an immigration ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No formal agreement has been signed to convert a remote state prison in Nebraska into the latest ...

Kathleen Kauth said the passenger hurt in the crash is a grandmother who now has to use a walker. Kauth says she's been in ...

Thirteen state senators are calling on the Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to get answers about several key aspects of the plan to turn a minimum-security prison in Central Nebraska into a ...

The World-Herald’s Statehouse reporters round up news highlights from the Legislature and state government into the Capitol Digest — a daily briefing for the political newshound with a busy schedule.

In a release Tuesday morning, 22-year-old Nate Ostdiek, a registered Democrat, shared his campaign as a political newcomer.

The Nebraska legislature's Urban Affairs Committee hosted an interim study on the plan to transition a prison into an ICE detention center on Friday morning.

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 ...